Contact / Setting up an Activation Centre for Young People Suffering from Schizophrenia

According to the peer principle experiences are shared by those who know precisely what they are talking about because they also had to learn to deal with schizophrenia. What is important is the plentiful time available to the tandem pairs and the fact that they meet with planned regularity. The support from specialist doctors in training the assistants and ongoing supervision are also central to the project. In this way young people who have been taken ill with schizophrenia have something like a professional friend at their side – a huge innovation in the field of care work. A new network is created that provides sustained support for the family and a sense of integrated safety to all those involved.