Residential Mental Wellness Program

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Maintaining mental wellness is a core aspect of overall health. When we experience adverse life events or struggle with chronic sources of stress our mental health can suffer. The symptoms of a mental health condition can disrupt our lives and cause impairment in daily functioning. To help regain our psychological footing we sometimes need to rely on the support and guidance provided by a mental wellness residential program.

Our mental health residential treatment centers incorporate compassionate support for individuals enduring a mental health event that has not improved with outpatient care. Our residential program provides the expert guidance of a caring psychiatric team that utilizes an integrated approach to helping individuals achieve symptomatic relief.

Getting Help for a Mental Health Disorder

Undergoing a careful intake review is the first step when seeking help for a mental health condition at a residential setting. One of the primary benefits of this higher level of care is to receive customized treatment. In order to provide that specialized attention the initial assessment is very thorough, involving an interview, a review of past mental health history, a review of health history, and the use of various psychological assessment tools.

Once a diagnosis has been made, a comprehensive treatment plan will be designed specifically to the individual’s unique needs. Treatment will involve a multi-pronged and targeted approach that combines evidence-based and holistic therapies. Residing at the treatment center offers the unique opportunity to engage in a wide range of therapeutic activities, specifically designed to the individual’s recovery needs.

Improving Mental Wellness with Comprehensive Treatment

Treatment interventions include a diverse array of therapeutic strategies, including:

Individual psychotherapy
One-on-one sessions with a psychotherapist provide a safe, confidential space for patients to explore the issues that may be contributing factors for the resulting mental health disorder. Psychotherapies may include:
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Psychodynamic therapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Exposure therapy
- Interpersonal therapy
Group therapy
Patients often benefit from the experience of small group sessions with others who share similar challenges. A licensed therapist or clinician that will provide topics and guide the conversation facilitates group therapy.
Family therapy
Family therapy sessions focus on the individual and their family members and will aim to improve interactions and communication through acquiring new skills and insights. Educating family members about the loved one’s mental health condition can help them provide needed emotional support.
Medication
Psychiatric medications may be prescribed to help manage the symptoms of the disorder, which help to improve functioning and quality of life. These may involve antidepressants, anti-anxiety, anti-psychotics, or mood stabilizers.
Experiential or holistic therapies
The mind and body are tightly connected, so treatment should also foster that connection. To complement the effects of the traditional therapies, experiential activities such as mindfulness meditation, yoga classes, art and music therapy, and deep-breathing techniques, are included in the treatment plan.
Recreation and fitness
Exercise offers both psychological and physical benefits and is integrated into the treatment programming. These activities might include swimming, participation in sports, exercise classes, hiking, or walking. Nutritional counseling is also provided for achieving optimal mental health.

Mental Health Conditions Treated

The expert residential mental health facilities mental health practitioners at Palm Springs Behavioral Health are trained to treat and manage a wide range of mental health conditions, including:

Anxiety Disorder

Anxiety can manifest itself in various ways, with each anxiety disorder having unique features. Traits that are common to all anxiety disorders include irrational feelings of worry, fear, and dread, and physical symptoms triggered by those emotions. The anxiety disorders include:

Generalized anxiety disorder
An exaggerated sense of worry that impedes daily functioning, as well as physical symptoms like muscle tension, headaches, stomach problems, sleep problems, and irritability.
Panic disorder
Sudden unpredictable symptoms that resemble those of a heart attack, including racing heart, palpitations, chest pain, shortness of breath, trembling, and dizziness.
Specific phobias
Intense, irrational fear of a specific thing, place, or situation.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Obsessive worries trigger compulsion and repetitive behaviors.
Social anxiety disorder
Intense fear of being ridiculed publicly causing trembling, racing heart, and avoidant behaviors.
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Prolonged emotional distress following experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event. Features nightmares and flashbacks, being easily startled, feelings of detachment, and avoidance behaviors.

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Depressive Disorder

Depression is a serious mental health disorder that features persistent low mood, loss of interest, and sleep problems across the different types of depressive disorders:

Major depressive disorder
Feelings of sadness or hopelessness, change in eating habits and sleep habits, difficulty making decisions, loss of interest in usual activities, and thoughts of suicide.
Postpartum depression
Follows the birth of a baby and features severe fatigue, anxiety, exhaustion, and inability to care for the baby or self.
Seasonal affective disorder
This depression is seasonal in response to a lack of sun exposure that leads to vitamin D deficiency.
Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia)
Less severe from of MDD that persists for more than two years without relief.
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder
Severe PMS symptoms, irritability, low mood, anger, and hopelessness.

Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar is a mood disorder that features extreme shifts between manic and depressive episodes.

Bipolar I disorder
Extreme manic episodes alternating with depression.
Bipolar II disorder
Hypomania that alternates with depression.
Cyclothymic disorder
Mania and depression exist, but not to the extent of an episode.

Personality Disorder

These disorders feature long-term maladaptive patterns of thinking, behaving, and functioning:

Borderline personality disorder
Fear of abandonment, mood swings, angry outbursts, low self-esteem, and risky behaviors.
Avoidant personality disorder
Avoids social interactions, fears rejection, anticipates being embarrassed by others.
Paranoid personality disorder
Distrustful and suspicious of people’s motives, sensitive to criticism, holds grudges.
Narcissistic personality disorder
Inflated view of self, arrogant, self-centered, lacks compassion or empathy, preys on the weak.
Histrionic personality disorder
Constant attention seeking behavior, vain, uses dramatic gestures and loud voice, seeks approval, and shallow.

Psychotic Disorder. Psychotic disorders feature a loss of contact with reality:

Schizophrenia
Delusional thoughts, a break with reality, erratic behavior, hallucinations, anger, and moodiness.
Schizoaffective disorder
A combination of bipolar disorder with elements of schizophrenia.
Delusional disorder
Thought distortions, false beliefs, and paranoid thinking.
Brief psychotic disorder
Short-term psychotic disorder triggered by a trauma.

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