Cover your mind. Only when the patient's words and deeds were obviously abnormal did his family realize that he was mentally ill. They are anxious and panic, for fear that others will know that someone in their family has a mental illness and lose their "dignity", and they are worried that the marriage and future of patients will be affected. So take some cover-up measures, don't take patients to the psychiatric department, just go to the internal medicine or neurology department of a general hospital for treatment, or find a psychologist privately, or even ask the doctor to keep them "confidential". Some people even take risks, hoping to heal themselves without treatment.
Anxiety and confusion. After the illness worsened, many patients showed injuries, destroyed things and ran away, making their families and units fidgety. The patient's words and deeds are out of control, and all kinds of attempts to cover up his illness have failed. At this time, it is impossible for family members to care about "face" and seek treatment anxiously and eagerly, hoping to make a quick decision and strive for a radical cure. After sending the patient to a mental hospital, some family members always feel that the patient's condition is not fast enough, and ask the doctor to change the medicine for treatment, regardless of the persuasion of the medical staff, and visit him every three days. Some people see that the treatment effect is not obvious, so they blame the doctor for his poor skills and want to seek another skill. Some take patients out of the hospital prematurely in order to find another way. Some people blindly believe some false advertisements and social rumors in newspapers and seek medical treatment thousands of miles away. Some people spend money to buy "supplements" for patients. This anxious mentality seriously interferes with the early systematic treatment of patients, which does more harm than good.
The root of the above-mentioned bad mentality lies in the lack of common sense of mental health, shame and fear of mental illness. So how should family members treat and treat family members with mental disorders correctly?
First of all, we must understand the nature and degree of mental abnormality. If you find some strange signs, your family members should consult a psychologist or psychiatrist in time to understand the nature and degree of mental abnormality and seek the doctor's advice on treatment.
Second, take the time to let patients see a doctor as soon as possible, without delay or avoidance. Never ask God to worship Buddha or ask a witch doctor for divination. Otherwise, it will not only make patients suffer physical torture and mental pain, but more importantly, it will delay treatment, delay their illness and increase the difficulty of curing the disease.
Third, do a good job in family care and give psychological support. Family nursing not only includes taking care of patients' lives, urging patients to take medicine according to doctor's advice, but more importantly, giving patients psychological encouragement and support. Family members are the closest contacts of mental patients and the most important psychological protection resources. Family attitude is closely related to whether the treatment is timely and systematic and the success or failure of the treatment. On the basis of fully understanding all kinds of morbid words and deeds of mental patients, family members should care for and care for the patients, respect their personality, give emotional support and spiritual comfort, make the patients feel warm at home and maintain a good mood and mentality, which will play a good role in promoting the recovery of the disease.