Strategies for Success: Living Day to Day With a Mental Health Condition

Developing skills and coping mechanisms can help you to deal with the everyday challenges of living with a serious mental health condition, like schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder.

Becoming more involved in your recovery process and working on some of these strategies may help improve your relationship and communication skills. You may be able to focus better on achieving recovery goals, such as living independently and going to work.

Some strategies that may help you include:

• Setting Personal Goals
• Preparing for a Doctor Visit
• Exploring Housing Options
• Connecting to Care
• Relapse Awareness and Management
• Communication
• Living a Full Life