I need to come up with 15 survey question about mental illness?

That will reflect research I am conducting about whether homeless and medication affect rates of rehospitaliztion in individuals that have a diagnosis of schizophrenic disorder

I need to come up with 15 survey question about mental illness?
That is a piece of cake. The majority of schizophrenics or mentally ill homeless people in our society end up on the streets,arrested, and hospitalized.


Many are substance abusers in an effort to self medicate. Insurance problems arise as "nobody wants them without it in private institutions." They get sent to subsidized government run hospitals and receive in adequate care and unless a harm to themselves or others are re-released to the streets and the cycle keeps going. I don't know what country you live but in the USA it is horrific. The mentally ill are treated worse than abused animals. If you go to the streets to conduct your survey one on one with the afflicted do a bio-sociol background


on each individual. They themselves will provide you the valuable information you need. Ask what medications they are receiving..many will inform you they stopped taking it for various reasons. Ask about substance abuse and or mixing medications with drugs and alcohol. Ask about their history with the frequented hospitilizations and what experiences postive and negative they had. Many will answer negative. Due to a disease that displays paranoia in these individuals some feel the medication and the doctors are "out to hurt them" A common one is denial. The stigma of schizophrenia is a common reason the afflicted individual wants to be normal and associates schizophrenia with being abnormal and wants to "feel" like he/she is a normal person in society so may discard the medication out of shame. Also factor in the levels of the schizophrenia in the individual...like age, severity of the schizophrenia (which can be mild to very extreme), period the schizophrenic was diagnosed and how long after he/she did or did not begin treatment. What were the side affects of the medication and did it in fact aggravate


the symptoms or in other words make them feel worse? Also


in some cases the schizophrenic may have been misdiagnosed and not have it at all and actually have a personality disorder that has been overlooked by the treatment provider. Some are dual diagnosed with shcizophrenia and are not receiving medication or treatment for depression, bi-polar disorder, or frequently missed personality disorders like borderline. Some can mock the symptoms of schizophrenia and make it more difficult to treat.


Best of luck. I hope this helped.
Reply:I think the previous answer is excellent, and I want to add, you also have to look at people who live in group homes or their own apartments or assisted living, to compare that with people who are homeless. There are many people with schizophrenia living in excellent housing, with government support (social workers, SSI, etc). I question the previous person's answer that MOST people with schizophrenia are on the street or in jail, but I don't know the stats. It is terrible though, all the people homeless and not getting treatment that may help. ON the other hand, I have severe bipolar disorder, and I don't want forced medication! I would never go to the doc again if they got pushier (I do take meds, but they have all been mostly useless for 15 years of trying everything). Many meds for schizophrenia %26amp; bipolar can also kill people (literally true), so that is a huge factor in why the average age of death for someone with serious mental illness is 51, where it is 78 for the general population. (heart attack, very severe weight gain of more than 60 lbs and other severe side effects).
Reply:well, in order to make the survey accurate you must get the basic information like there daily actvitities, medical history, family medical history,personal relationship experince, stuff like that.





you must think people are stupid becasue no, one is going to do your homework for you

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