People often turn to drugs and alcohol for relief of the symptoms of mental health concerns. For this reason, psychological disorders are major risk factors for developing an addiction. When you come to treatment at Crestview Recovery, you’re going to be in the hands of a staff that can help through dual diagnosis treatment. We’ll diagnose you to see if you have any underlying mental illnesses that may be playing a role in your substance use problem. Want to know more about psychiatric disorders treatment? Call us today at 866.262.0531.
First, we’ll help you understand how your mental illness may have led you to drink or use drugs.
Understanding Psychological Disorders
If you’re like most people in the United States, you didn’t receive proper education about mental health. Most mental health concerns often develop between the ages of 14 and 24, typically when you’re learning about physical health. While your physical health is extremely important and can help reduce symptoms of mental illness, there’s more to understand. Not knowing what the symptoms of mental illness look like can be very scary and confusing if you suddenly start developing them.
Stigmatizing Mental Health Concerns Prevents Discussion
Many people keep their mental illness symptoms to themselves in fear of judgment from others in their lives. Different symptoms of mental illnesses can make you not want to leave the house, while others manifest in anger. Some mental illnesses can make you seem as though you’re going to go crazy, and without knowing what to do, it’s a problem. Sometimes the easiest solution seems to drink or use drugs to get a certain feeling. At Crestview, we offer treatment for the most common psychological disorders, including:
- Depression treatment
- Anxiety treatment
- ADHD treatment
- Bipolar disorder treatment
- PTSD treatment
How Psychological Disorders Turn Into an Addiction
Our brains respond to actions that help make us feel better by telling us to repeat them. This is context-dependent memory, which is vital for our survival. For example, when we get hungry, we know to eat, and when we’re thirsty, we drink. The problem is that this starts to happen when we’re trying to get rid of certain thoughts or emotions. Each time you drink or use drugs to deal with mental illness, you become more dependent upon your substance of choice. Indications that a person might be becoming dependent on drugs include the following symptoms:
- Social withdrawal
- Insomnia
- Financial or legal troubles
- Emotional outbursts
- Feeling dysfunctional
Being incapable of handling depression or anxiety without substances is a sign that something needs to change. Your brain begins to crave alcohol or drugs to make you feel better. Eventually, your symptoms will get worse due to the chemical changes from the substances themselves. This results in co-occurring disorders, which require treatment alongside your addiction.
Treating Addiction and Psychological Disorders Together
Here at Crestview Recovery, we understand the importance of treating addiction and mental illness together. While you’re in drug and alcohol addiction treatment, we’ll help you learn how to stay sober one day at a time. More importantly, we’re going to help you learn how to live with your symptoms of mental illness.
Stability Often Starts in Treatment
Getting treatment for co-occurring disorders helps people manage symptoms in a healthier way that is more conducive to the life they want to lead. If you struggle with addiction and co-occurring mental health concerns, we want you to know that a dual diagnosis treatment program can help you uncover new joy and purpose in life. Getting stable is easier when you have the support of a solid sober community around you.
What Is an Intensive Outpatient Drug Treatment Program?
Our intensive outpatient program (IOP) at Crestview provides psychological services for patients with acute psychological concerns. Crestview Recovery’s intensive outpatient program is a voluntary, group-based mental health program that supports each individual in their recovery. Moreover, our staff strives to help clients achieve the highest level of functioning and independence. Our treatment program offers intensive, coordinated, and structured clinical services in our safe, stable, sober living community.
Our rehabilitation program serves to help patients transition back into the real world through the following treatment modalities:
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a type of psychotherapy that combines cognitive-behavioral techniques with mindfulness practices. DBT focuses on accepting and changing destructive behaviors while also teaching skills to better manage emotions, manage stress, improve relationships, and manage thoughts.
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is a type of psychotherapy that focuses on how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact with each other. This form of therapy helps individuals identify negative thought patterns or behaviors that contribute to their illness and then learn how to replace these patterns with more positive ones.
Integrated Treatment Options
Integrated treatment options involve combining therapies from different disciplines, such as psychiatry, psychology, social work and counselling. Common components of integrated treatment include medication management, individual and group psychotherapy, vocational rehabilitation, peer support and family therapy.
Addressing Substance Use and Mental Health Concerns
Millions of people around the world have different forms of mental illness and are still able to lead incredible lives. Through our addiction treatment programs, you’ll learn how to regain control of your life rather than allowing your brain to control you. Through various types of therapy that heal your mind and change your behaviors, you’ll begin to see results. Before you leave treatment, you’ll start to see that there is hope for you to live a much happier, healthier life.
Find Your Calling in Portland
Crestview Recovery provides you with a beautiful setting in Portland, Oregon. In addition, we work with insurance providers to make addiction recovery possible for more people. Find out more about how we can help you overcome your addiction by calling us today at 866.580.4160.
Since 2016, Dr. Merle Williamson, a graduate of Oregon Health Sciences University, has been the Medical Director at Crestview Recovery, bringing a rich background in addiction medicine from his time at Hazelden Treatment Center. He oversees outpatient drug and alcohol treatments, providing medical care, setting policies, detox protocols, and quality assurance measures. Before specializing in addiction medicine, he spent 25 years in anesthesiology, serving as Chair of Hospital Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee and Chief of Anesthesia at Kaiser Permanente. This experience gives him a unique perspective on treating prescription drug addiction.
