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Miguelitro's avatar

From my experience of mental illness, the availability of "the presence of a good support system" is relevant only if the patient is willing to avail her or himself of it. I don't know about autistic people, but my 40 years of experience with a schizo-affected manic depressive taught me that getting the patient to accept the support weas 90% of the battle.

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Chris Fox's avatar

The biggest problem with schizophrenics is that they stop taking their medications.

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Anonymous's avatar

Ah, that's an excellent point I hadn't thought of. Accepting the help is definitely a huge part of it.

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