[steve86]

I hope no one reading your comment with a family member experiencing psychosis is going with those suggestions rather than seeking proper treatment. Sure, take a walk around the block, do yoga and eat all the vegetables you want -- after a professional assesses and stabilizes the situation.

[Albion Wilde]

What I mean is, if the patient is going to have to experience a cutback in psych services, she should step up her other areas of health to the maximum while still getting whatever reduced mental health services she can get.

Also, there are many physical symptoms of organic diseases like hyperthyroid that look like emotional disease, and having those symptoms is frightening enough to exacerbate an existing emotional disease. But in no case would I suggest that a psych patient should go cold turkey and precipitously try to substitute healthy lifestyle for mental health care.