Health and social care of clients with schizophrenia in the Vysočina region

Abstract

Schizophrenia is a serious psychotic illness with a 1-1,5% prevalence. This illness is present in all cultures at all continents. The first goal of the practical part of this thesis is to find out what impact schizophrenia has on clients´ family, their social and working life as well as health and economical situation. The second goal is to find out how do clients with schizophrenia actually deal with problems brought by the illness