It’s important to get treated early, after the first episode of psychosis. That will help keep the symptoms from affecting your relationships, work, or school. It may also help you avoid more problems down the road.
You doctor may recommend Coordinated Specialty Care or CSC. This is a team approach towards treating schizophrenia when the first symptoms appear. It combines medicine and therapy along with social services and employment and educational interventions. The family is involved as much as possible.
Just what your doctor recommends will depend on the cause of your psychosis.
Your doctor will prescribe antipsychotic drugs -- in pills, liquids, or shots -- to lessen your symptoms. He will also recommend that you stop using drugs and alcohol.