'Star Wars' Jake Lloyd 'Doing Much Better' after 10 months in rehab following mental break last year

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'Star Wars' Child Actor Jake Lloyd in Mental Health Rehab Facility Following Psychotic Break Last Year, Mom Says https://t.co/vWSTvHWbbm
- People (@people) March 13, 2024

-Jake Lloyd (35), who as a kid starred as young Anakin Skywalker in 'The Phantom Menace,' is now in his 10th month of an 18-month stay in a mental health rehabilitation facility

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[yurasama_love]

I'm glad he's improving. Schizophrenia can really ruin your whole life and available treatments can only do so much.

[anterrabre]

Let's not start this. There are different degrees to schizophrenia just like other disorders, and medications have come a long way.

[steffi_333]

Tbf I don’t think that’s what they were trying to say. I agree with you - it’s come a heck of a long way and not everyone has severe disease - but like pretty much any disease there’s still a lot of unmet needs, and it can be an especially challenging one to tackle as symptoms like hallucinations and psychosis (even mild) can hinder the person getting help. Plus there’s still a butt tonne of stigma attached to schizophrenia which definitely doesn’t help.

[anterrabre]

Thank you for this, because I'm not here for "If you develop schizophrenia you're fucked forever" fearmongering.

I would also add access to medication to that list, because unfortunately vulnerable populations (the unhoused, etc) don't have it. There's also issues with people getting on medication, feeling better, stopping because they feel better and don't think they need it, and the process starts anew. Which is why the long-term meds that are out now (1-2 shots every six months/yearly) are so promising.

[steffi_333]

That’s a great point. Healthcare inequality generally is awful, but for mental health disorders in particular homelessness and lack of stability are especially bad predictive factors for treatment success.