Understanding Voluntary Psychiatric Holds
The journey toward healing often begins with recognizing the need for help. A Voluntary Psychiatric Hold represents a crucial step for individuals experiencing severe mental health crises, empowering them to seek the support and treatment necessary for recovery. This process allows a person to willingly admit themselves into a psychiatric facility or treatment program, marking […]
Can You Go To Rehab For Depression?
Most people associate rehab with drug and alcohol addictions. However, there are similar residential mental health facilities that specialize in mental health disorders beyond just substance use disorders. Inpatient treatment for depression in a residential setting allows patients to immerse themselves in an environment that is fully focused on improving mental health. Understanding Depression Depression […]
Looking for Anxiety Treatment in Sacramento?
D’Amore’s Anxiety Treatment Program If you live in the Sacramento area and are seeking treatment for anxiety, you might not be satisfied with your local treatment options. But there are other opportunities for anxiety treatment in Southern California. If you are struggling with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) or Panic Disorder and need a safe and […]
What Is The Difference Between CBT And DBT?
In addiction treatment and mental health treatment, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) are frequently utilized to assist in the recovery of suffering clients. Both are some of the most common and best-known treatment approaches used in the treatment of a wide variety of mental health and behavioral health disorders. Cognitive Behavioral […]
Six Months of Continuing Support
People seeking mental health treatment find themselves facing challenges many will never fully understand. No one dreams about one day having a mental illness and the crises (spiritual, emotional, financial, social, moral) situated with these daunting illnesses. In fact, many fail to realize that it’s a mental illness or unresolved trauma that often leads to […]
Support of California Senate Bill 10
There are very few people whose lives have not brushed with mental illness or addiction. In fact, they touch everyone, whether we know it or not at the time. The sufferer or a friend or family member plagued by mental anguish and a seemingly unknown path out know things have changed, but moments of insight […]
Anxiety Online: A New Approach to Mental Health
Can the Internet Help with Anxiety Disorders? Nearly 20% of American adults suffer from an anxiety disorder, less than half of which receive professional treatment. This is not necessarily due to a lack of treatment options, rather the barriers to treatment. Aside from cost and access, stigma and fear play a large part of the […]
Maintaining Sobriety While Away at College
Sobriety in Dorm or Greek Life Managing your daily school schedule, study time, work, exercise, friends, the picky RA, money and some sleep can be a doozy! The popular narrative is that college is filled with a lot of partying and little studying. If you are a recovering addict that is heading back to school, […]
Healing the Herd Through Equine Therapy
How Equine Therapy Increases Self-Compassion and Self-Awareness Self-compassion and self-awareness are improved through equine therapy because both horses and humans are based in the herd instinct (tribe, band, family, etc). Without the herd, isolation is fatal. The fundamental well being of each individual in the herd is vital to the wellbeing of the herd as […]
We want to get it off our chest — You deserve to be cancer free AND drug free!
OCT Breast Cancer Awareness and Addiction: When One Disease Leads to Another Finding out you or someone you love has cancer is frightening. The emotional rollercoaster of understanding your diagnosis, treatment options and chances of survival is a challenging journey. All oncological treatments including breast cancer treatment are often unpleasant and painful, from radiation, chemotherapy […]
