SCHIZOPHRENIA TREATMENT CENTERS IN ARKANSAS

If you or a loved one need mental health treatment, call Time Wellness today at 479-336-6895.

What is Schizophrenia?

According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), between 0.25% and 0.64% of people in the U.S. experience schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia is a complex mental health disorder that requires professional treatment. While it cannot be cured, its symptoms can be managed with the guidance of licensed therapists and treatment programs. Schizophrenia often causes a person to have difficulty distinguishing reality from the version of it they perceive.

Furthermore, the disorder causes difficulties in how a person feels, thinks, and acts. The use of managed care and supervision to make sure the person regularly takes their medications helps them achieve more control of their disorder. 

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How Do I Know I Need A Schizophrenia Treatment Program?

One of the hazards of a person having schizophrenia is that they often deny they need help. Our kind and skilled staff at our Arkansas schizophrenia treatment centers helps the individual to understand how to accept that they need help and follow through on getting it.

Someone with schizophrenia will need some type of treatment for the rest of their lives, even if it’s just medication maintenance. They will need more advanced care if they have multiple symptoms that cause them to feel and act in an out-of-control manner. Speaking with a mental health professional will provide an assessment to determine the level of care each person needs.

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Signs and Symptoms of Schizophrenia

Signs and symptoms of schizophrenia can seem confusing and hard to pinpoint for both the person who has this disorder and those around them.

Common signs and symptoms of schizophrenia include:

• Social awkwardness
• Emotionally reserved
• Disorganized thoughts
• Difficulty developing or maintaining healthy relationships
• Difficulty communicating with others
• Hallucinations
• Delusions
• Poor hygiene
• Difficulty living independently

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Arkansas Schizophrenia Treatment Programs

Those interested in schizophrenia treatment centers should look for ones that offer a variety of levels of care. At Time Wellness, we have several options that meet the needs of people just beginning treatment all the way to getting ready to conclude it. The schizophrenia treatment programs we offer include:

• Inpatient/Residential: Treatment takes place 24/7 in our inviting and luxurious facility.
• Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP): Therapy sessions occur for several hours per day on multiple days per week.
• Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP): Therapy sessions occur for three hours per day over three to five days per week.
• Outpatient Program (OP): The least time-intensive level of care includes one or two therapy sessions per week.
• Virtual Treatment: Therapy sessions can be done from any private, remote location and saves the person from a trip to the facility.

How Is Schizophrenia Treated At Time Wellness?

• Medication-Management: A clinician oversees the use of prescription medications, such as Latuda, while the individual also participates in traditional therapies.
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: This therapy focuses on teaching people to recognize the connection between their thoughts and feelings, and how they affect their behaviors.
• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy: Drilling down on four specific tenets that help people improve their mental health and includes mindfulness, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and distress tolerance.
• Biofeedback Therapy: A non-invasive treatment that uses body signals such as brain waves to help people reduce their anxiety.
• Red Light Therapy: The application of low levels of red light to help improve depressive symptoms.
• Life Skills Training and Education: Learning valuable daily skills such as creating and sticking to a daily schedule and practicing personal hygiene.
• Yoga and Mindfulness Therapy: These two activities teach people methods of feeling calmer on a regular basis.
• Art Therapy: Creating art in different forms as a way of releasing a person’s pent-up emotions.
• Music Therapy: A creative therapy that involves listening to and making music to help express one’s emotions.
• Trauma Therapy: Past or current trauma sometimes impacts a person with schizophrenia. Trauma therapy helps resolve the effects of traumatic experiences.
• Family Program: It can be difficult for family members to understand how to communicate with and support loved ones with schizophrenia. Family therapy helps each family understand what their loved ones go through and how to help them.
• Experiential Therapies: The use of engaging in outdoor activities to help promote stress relief.
• Brain Mapping: Using non-invasive brain imaging for the purpose of predicting how a person will respond to different types of treatment.
• Alternative: Paired with traditional therapies, alternative ones help people achieve inner peace and feel less anxiety.

Why Time Wellness?

When someone arrives at our schizophrenia treatment centers, they will be treated like an individual and not just another client. At Time Wellness, we make a point of getting to know each person we treat so we can design a program to meet their unique needs. This means matching them with powerful therapies that offer them the best ability to learn to manage their symptoms.