Therapy & Allied Health for Schizophrenia
The allied health and therapy the NDIS funds for Schizophrenia, how Capacity Building pays for it, and how to find the right therapists.
Therapy and allied health help many people with Schizophrenia build skills, stay independent and take part in daily life. This guide covers which therapies tend to help, how the NDIS funds them, and how to find the right therapists.
Understanding Schizophrenia and therapy
Schizophrenia is a severe, chronic and complex mental illness characterised by disturbances in thinking, perception, emotion, sense of self, and behaviour. Core symptoms are classified as positive symptoms (psychotic…
Which therapies help with Schizophrenia
The allied health supports a plan for Schizophrenia commonly includes are:
How the NDIS funds therapy
Most therapy sits in your Capacity Building budget, under Improved Daily Living. A few things to know:
Making your therapy budget go further
A few ways to stretch therapy funding for Schizophrenia: