Vivencias de un adulto con esquizofrenia

Abstract

Introduction Schizophrenia is a psychiatric mental disorder where there are alterations in thinking, delirium, hallucinations, emotional disorders and behavior changes. This disease affects both men and women causing a limitation for the individual who suffers in their personal, social and psychomotor development, generating conflicts in the family group. Objective To describe the experiences of an adult with residual schizophrenia. Methods: Qualitative research, exploratory phenomenological type. The method used was Bertaux's biographical method in the life stories mode. The participant was an adult with residual schizophrenia diagnosed 28 years ago who is lucid, stable and undergoing treatment, for which she was able to participate in the research. Information was collected through open and semi-structured interviews that were recorded and transcribed for analysis. Result: Schizophrenia is a disease that presents various positive and negative symptoms; It can be treated according to the patient's need to reduce symptoms and prevent relapse, the cure for schizophrenia is not yet definitive, but with the appropriate treatment, the person can be kept lucid, conscious, oriented and without exclusion from society