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Social care advice should be included in guidance on how to treat schizophrenia, mental health charity Rethink said last week.

The charity cautiously welcomed the guidelines published this week by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence on the medical treatment of schizophrenia, but said social care guidance should also be included.

Rethink's members believe that, in addition to medical care, they need a home, money and a social network.

Director of public affairs Paul Farmer said: "Because the institute can only cover NHS issues, joint guidelines with the Social Care Institute for Excellence are also needed so that the full range of support required to help recover and become socially included is established."