Schizophrenia is a chronic brain disorder affecting approximately one percent of the population. People with schizophrenia have terrifying psychological symptoms such as hearing voices, losing touch with reality, fear of mind control, and fear that someone is plotting to hurt them. They typically have enduring problems with attention, memory, and problem-solving. Other less obvious symptoms include unusual speech and behavior, social isolation, difficulty understanding social interactions, and knowing how to behave in social situations.
Our schizophrenia program at Sunrise Vista provides Canton, Ohio residents with specialized evaluation and treatment of schizophrenia and related disorders or symptoms, such as psychotic behavior, auditory or visual hallucinations, incoherence, delusional, and paranoia. For the best, most compassionate schizophrenia care in Canton, OH, please contact our office by calling 844-942-3007.
What is Empathy?
We use the term empathy to describe an array of emotional and social experiences. Emotion researchers typically define empathy as the ability to sense other people’s emotions, coupled with the ability to use context clues to imagine what another person might be thinking or feeling. Researchers describe two types of empathy: affective and cognitive empathy.
Affective Empathy
This type of empathy refers to the feelings and sensations we personally experience in response to other people’s emotions. Affective empathy can include unconsciously mirroring what another person is feeling or becoming stressed due to another person’s anxiety.
Cognitive Empathy
Cognitive empathy refers to a person’s ability to identify and understand the emotions of others. Also known as “perspective-taking,” cognitive empathy is challenging for people on the autism spectrum.
Schizophrenia & Empathy
The relationship between schizophrenia and empathy is complicated. Although it has been proposed that schizophrenia is characterized by impaired empathy, several recent studies question this notion. Schizophrenia is not fully understood, but recent studies suggest that some people with schizophrenia may experience high empathy with difficulty distinguishing between “self” and “other.”
Adult Inpatient Treatment for Schizophrenia
In addition to medication management and crisis intervention, we offer two main treatment types at Sunrise Vista. A cognitive-behavioral therapy program (CBT) is a set of therapeutic procedures examining the role of specific thoughts and behavior patterns that interfere with mental health. CBT helps individuals reshape their actions and emotions and by modifying thought patterns and self-perception. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT-informed care) uses group work, skills training, and self-monitoring to help clients change certain behaviors. DBT is a therapy model that uses an amalgam of skill-based training and relationship building between the patient and clinician in order to help clients manage emotions and control their behavior.
The mental health therapies we offer at Sunrise Vista are used to treat a range of psychological conditions, including:
- Psychosis
- Neurodevelopmental disorders
- OCD
- Panic disorder
- Postpartum depression
- PTSD
- Impulse disorders
- Schizophrenia
- Seasonal affective disorder
- Sleep disorders
- Social anxiety
- Substance use disorder
Eldercare Schizophrenia Treatment
The geriatric inpatient psychiatric program at Sunrise Vista offers compassionate, research-based care to one of our most vulnerable populations. Our geriatric inpatient program provides continual psychiatric evaluation and treatment of patients with depression, anxiety, sleeplessness, psychosis, schizophrenia, chronic pain, and other mental health conditions. Medication management and individual psychotherapy are available.
Inpatient Mental Healthcare in Canton, OH
When approaching the treatment of mental health conditions like schizophrenia, research-based, compassionate care is essential. Healing from mental health issues starts with the effective management of medications. Many people are surprised at how manageable their lives become once their medication schedule is under control. At Sunrise Vista, we take pride in our respectful, nurturing approach. If you or a loved one in Canton, Ohio, is suffering from mental health issues, please reach out to Sunrise Vista by calling 844-942-3007.
