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Introduction: Schizophrenia is a complex disease with severe functional repercussions; therefore it merits treatment which goes beyond drugs., Theme Development: It requires an approach that considers a diathesis-stress process that includes rehabilitation, psychotherapeutic strategies for persistent cognitive, negative and psychotic symptoms, psychoeducation of patient and communities, community adaptation strategies, such as the introduction to the work force, and the community model, such as a change in the asylum paradigm., Discussion: It is necessary to establish private and public initiatives for the integrated care of schizophrenia in the country, advocating the well-being of those with the disease., Conclusions: The integrated management of schizophrenic patients requires a global view of the patient and his/her disease, and its development is essential., (Copyright © 2015 Asociación Colombiana de Psiquiatría. Publicado por Elsevier España. All rights reserved.)

Introduction: Schizophrenia is a complex disease for which pharmacological management is an insufficient therapeutic measure to ensure adaptation to the community and restoring the quality of life of the patient, with a multidimensional management and community interventions being necessary., Methodology: Case report., Results: This case report illustrates a multidisciplinary treatment response, based on a community care model for mental health from Envigado, Colombia., Discussion: The management of schizophrenia requires multimodal interventions that include community screening, psychoeducation of individuals, their families and society, addressing different areas of operation that allow adaptation of the subject to his social environment., Conclusions: A integrated intervention that can be provided on a Community scale, with the implementation of policies that allow it to be applied., (Copyright © 2015 Asociación Colombiana de Psiquiatría. Publicado por Elsevier España. All rights reserved.)