{"id":61,"date":"2019-07-10T08:17:24","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T08:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lucarinfo.com\/czlucar\/?p=61"},"modified":"2025-10-09T13:20:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T13:20:53","slug":"schizophrenia-and-mental-illness-10-surprising-myths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lucarinfo.com\/czlucar\/schizophrenia-and-mental-illness-10-surprising-myths\/","title":{"rendered":"Schizophrenia &#038; Mental Illness: 10 Surprising Myths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Schizophrenia and Mental Illness: 10 Surprising Myths\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TGfaRKagbhA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Schizophrenia and Mental Illness: 10 Surprising Myths that have been debunked by recent evidence.<\/h2>\n<p>Here are the links that you can click on for more information. Hope you enjoy the video. Let us know by commenting below.<\/p>\n<p>Myth #1. Schizophrenia is an incurable brain disease.<br \/>\nW.H.O. (World Health Organization)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/mental_health\/world-mental-health-day\/paper_wfmh.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.who.int\/mental_health\/world-mental-health-day\/paper_wfmh.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Myth #2. You don\u2019t hear about anyone recovering from schizophrenia because it isn\u2019t possible.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/schizophreniabulletin.oxfordjournals.org\/content\/35\/2\/370.full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">schizophreniabulletin.oxfordjournals.org\/content\/35\/2\/370.full<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Myth #3. Schizophrenics need to lower their expectations.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/diary-of-a-high-function\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/diary-of-a-high-function\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Myth #4. Restraints are safe and sometimes necessary.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.medscape.com\/viewarticle\/728955_3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.medscape.com\/viewarticle\/728955_3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elyn Saks, legal scholar and mental health-policy advocate<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/diary-of-a-high-function\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/diary-of-a-high-function\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Myth #5 &#8211; Only drugs work to treat mental illness, therapy is useless.<br \/>\nThe ABCs of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Schizophrenia<br \/>\nJune 20, 2006 | By David Kingdon MD, FRCPsych and Douglas Turkington, MD<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.psychiatrictimes.com\/schizophrenia\/abcs-cognitive-behavioral-therapy-schizophrenia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.psychiatrictimes.com\/schizophrenia\/abcs-cognitive-behavioral-therapy-schizophrenia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Myth #6. Schizophrenics all need the same treatment.<br \/>\nDr. Bracken<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/people\/news\/a-first-class-recovery-from-hopeless-case-to-graduate-1808991.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/people\/news\/a-first-class-recovery-from-hopeless-case-to-graduate-1808991.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eleanor Longden,Research psychologist<br \/>\n<iframe title=\"Eleanor Longden: The voices in my head\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/eleanor_longden_the_voices_in_my_head\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Myth #7. Psychosis is primarily a biological brain problem.<br \/>\nRobin Murray, psychiatrist and Professor of Psychiatric Research<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Eiu4uQtGNA\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.madinamerica.com\/2017\/01\/researcher-acknowledges-mistakes-understanding-schizophrenia\/\">Researcher Acknowledges His Mistakes in Understanding Schizophrenia<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Researcher Acknowledges His Mistakes in Understanding Schizophrenia&#8221; &#8212; Mad In America\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madinamerica.com\/2017\/01\/researcher-acknowledges-mistakes-understanding-schizophrenia\/embed\/#?secret=FFxmPJjRE2#?secret=Eiu4uQtGNA\" data-secret=\"Eiu4uQtGNA\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Myth #8. Schizophrenia is a severe and chronic lifelong condition.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/forum.schizophrenia.com\/t\/schizophrenia-recovery-is-possible\/33934\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/forum.schizophrenia.com\/t\/schizophrenia-recovery-is-possible\/33934<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Myth #9. Schizophrenia is a valid and reliable diagnosis.<br \/>\nJim van Os<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/352\/bmj.i375\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/352\/bmj.i375<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Myth #10. Hearing voices always means psychosis.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/schizophreniabulletin.oxfordjournals.org\/content\/40\/Suppl_4\/S285.full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/schizophreniabulletin.oxfordjournals.org\/content\/40\/Suppl_4\/S285.full<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schizophrenia and Mental Illness: 10 Surprising Myths that have been debunked by recent evidence. 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