MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT

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Today, many are suffering from anxiety and depression and turning to alcohol and drugs for relief. Enterhealth is here to help. It starts with the right assessment. Enterhealth uses the most advanced medical, emotional and psychological assessments so treatments are comprehensive and tailored to your mental and physical well-being.

Our extensive experience healing addictions has revealed that most people diagnosed with a substance use disorder also suffer from a co-occurring mental health or behavioral disorder. This is known as a dual diagnosis. And often, it is the underlying mental health issues that result in the addiction as a way of self-medicating.

Understanding dual diagnosis

When there is a dual diagnosis like anxiety and alcohol abuse, it’s important to address both problems and get to the heart of the matter. Do you drink to cope? Are you constantly anxious and turning to relief with marijuana? Could a bipolar disorder lead you to abuse opioids? Only through a comprehensive assessment from an Enterhealth therapist will you truly know the right answer and be able to make the right decisions on how to treat your co-existing condition.

“Because they begin with the knowledge that addiction is a brain disease, they employ the latest medical advances to combat the damage done to the brain's neurotransmitters. This helps to restore serotonin levels and combat cravings, giving the brain a chance to heal so that recovery can move forward.”

ROBIN HARPER

“Enterhealth Ranch is the top addiction treatment because of the comprehensiveness of the program, its practices, its scientific approach, its dual-diagnosis specialization and the skill level of their physicians and therapists.”

DR. WALTER LINGProfessor of Psychiatry, UCLA

“A visionary facility, Enterhealth Ranch is raising the bar in drug and alcohol addiction treatment by providing the best outcomes. As the choice for employees of Baylor Health Care System, as well as the students and faculty of Southern Methodist University, I truly believe it will soon be the country’s leading addiction recovery management program.”

ALBERT BLACKSystem Chair, Baylor Healthcare System
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Mental health assessment and treatment

Enterhealth’s dual-diagnosis capabilities provide us greater insight into these cause-and-effect relationships. Our team of MDs, psychiatrists, psychologists, and Master’s level therapists work in tandem to diagnose and treat mental health disorders, including:

  • Major depression: Persistent and uncontrollable depression that can lead to loss of interest in activities and cause significant impairment to daily life.
  • Anxiety: Feelings of worry or fear that persist and intensify over time and can cause problems in social, family and work life.
  • Bipolar: Characterized by severe mood swings, including severe emotional highs and lows that can impact everyday life.
  • Personality disorders: Rigid and unhealthy patterns of thinking, functioning and behaving that often result in trouble perceiving and relating to people and situations.
  • Psychosis: A disorder characterized by a disconnect from reality that can include hallucinations and delusional thoughts.
  • Sleep disorders: A variety of disorders that cause disruption to sleep patterns or habits and negatively affect health and well-being.
  • Suicidal/Homicidal thoughts: Hopelessness characterized by the desire to harm someone or inflict self-harm
  • PTSD/Traumatic experiences: Difficulty recovering after experiencing or witnessing a terrifying event. Could last months or years, with memory triggers and intense emotional and physical reactions.
  • Eating disorders, including weight-loss surgery patients: Complex mental issues characterized by an unhealthy obsession over food, weight and eating behaviors.

Symptoms of a co-occurring mental health issue

The signs of mental health issues can vary greatly by individual and often depend on the severity of an individual’s co-occurring condition and the type of substance abused.

Signs & symptoms to look for:

  • Feeling a void from lack of social connection, work or family issues, general boredom
  • Sleeping too much, having trouble sleeping or switching sleep cycles from night to day
  • Racing thoughts, problems with concentration, memory or ability to think clearly
  • Changes in eating – loss of appetite or overeating
  • Irritability, restlessness or short temper
  • Sensitivity to sound, sight, smell or touch
  • Feeling overly worried, sad, empty, hopeless or worthless
  • Not being able to complete tasks at home, work or school
  • Isolating from others, disconnection and loss of interest in things that were once enjoyed
  • Evidence of abusing alcohol or drugs in an effort to self-medicate their symptoms

If you or a family member are showing signs of a mental illness and substance use disorder, Enterhealth can help. Our staff of addiction psychiatrists and therapists are specifically trained to treat and help heal dual-diagnosis patients.

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