Was Sheila's illness curable?

[Adam]

Suspect not. Treatable yes.

[ILB]

Suspect not. Treatable yes.

Manageable.

[Adam]

Sheila was 27 & should be at her physical peak. However was in a terrible physical condition.

Can only think she would have got worse over the years.

[Adam]

The medical bills would have been expensive. Along with the cost of supporting Sheila, Daniel & Nicholas.

[Adam]

Haloperodal is still in use now. So a miracle cure has not surfaced.

Jeremy in 1985 would not be thinking about miracle cures. To him Sheila would be supported for the rest of her life. Daniel & Nicholas for another 15 years.

[Steve_uk]

Sheila was 27 & should be at her physical peak. However was in a terrible physical condition.

Can only think she would have got worse over the years.

I'm told medical professionals believe schizophrenia may abate in old age. I'm sceptical myself and believe she would always have had to rely on anti-psychotic medication for stabilization.

[snow66!]

The medical bills would have been expensive. Along with the cost of supporting Sheila, Daniel & Nicholas.

NHS?

[Steve_uk]

NHS?

Sheila did have NHS treatment in London, but Nevill frowned upon the service in general.

[snow66!]

Sheila did have NHS treatment in London, but Nevill frowned upon the service in general.

Didn't her local GP moniter Sheila and prescribe her medications Steve?

[Adam]

Seems that Sheila had been seriously ill for 3-4 years. No possibility of a full recovery.

[Rob_]

Suspect not. Treatable yes.

I found this:

This rule suggests that about 25% of people with schizophrenia will recover completely from the first episode and go on to have no further problems in their life. A further 25% will be substantially improved with treatment and will go on to recover almost all of their former level of functioning with very few relapse events.

Another 25% of people will improve somewhat but will still need considerable levels of support to function normally and to get them through relapse events which will occur at several intervals in their life. This leaves the final 25% for whom the outlook is not so good. Of these, 15% will lead a chronic course with little or no improvement and involving repeated hospital stays over a prolonged part of their adult life, whilst the final 10% will die usually by their own hand

Of course drug taking greatly makes the situation much worse.

[ILB]

Sheila was 27 & should be at her physical peak. However was in a terrible physical condition.

Can only think she would have got worse over the years.

Well the autopsy suggests a well nourished female

Just stopping you before you embark on a trolling attempt

[ILB]

Shelia was also very attractive and pretty.

She was in no way a bad physical condition

[ILB]

It was also the 1980s when attitudes to mental health were in its infancy. Back then I remember the turn of phrase used was " they are radged" I'm sure anybody south of Derbyshire had a similar expression.

Shelia had the advantage of good mental health care for the time and a strong supportive family unit. Namely her parents.

Friends as well, who were close to her who appeared in the theroux documentary

[ILB]

It's obvious that there is a strong possibility that  Shelias mental health problems formulated in her relationship with her mother.  Due to Ostensibly the latters near obsession with religion

CAL states the " devils child " remark to Shelia by June was the catalyst.

Me personally I am undecided as I believe it could have manifested in other areas in Shelias life as well.