Introduce the researcher and the program.
• Open discussion about the program and the
patient’s responsibility.
• Assess the patient’s knowledge and
understanding about schizophrenia.
• Describe the nature ofschizophrenia,
symptoms, causes, and treatment.
• Discuss patients’ concern with the illness.
• Describe medications and their importance.
• Discuss patients’ concerns/ experiences with
taking medication.
• Review medications and their side effects.
• Discuss patients’ experiences relating to side
effects.
• Discuss how to manage the side-effects
effectively.
• Review stress, causes and its consequences.
• Discuss how to manage stress.
• Practice stress management skills: breathing
exercise, talking with significant others.
• Review the warning signs and relapse.
• Discuss the ways to manage warning signs
and symptoms, such as sleeping problems,
auditory hallucination.
• Assess patients’ health conditions
• Discuss patients’ problems in daily living
• Work together with the patient to solve any
problems.