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Once the hallucinations or delusions are controlled by medications, the person should be able to return to normal and get on with his or her life.

To a degree this may be true, but for some people with schizophrenia, medications do not completely control the positive symptoms (hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized behavior), nor do they have much effect on the negative symptoms (brief or no replies in conversation, lack of motivation, inability to experience pleasure, blunted affect), or cognitive symptoms (impaired attention, memory, and executive functioning). Given that these other symptoms can affect a person's ability to function as much as or even more than the positive symptoms, it's clear that the medications we have currently are not always enough to return a person to full recovery. That's why we recommend a team approach to treatment that includes medications and psychosocial interventions.