by WestBridge | Nov 17, 2023 | Mental Health Disorders, Wellness, WestBridge
Seeking treatment for a mental health condition can provide stability, healing, hope and the tools needed to pursue long-term recovery. None of that means that the problem goes away overnight, or that new challenges will not present themselves. In fact, returning to...
by WestBridge | Nov 5, 2023 | Mental Health Disorders, Mental Illness, Wellness, WestBridge
Depression is an equal opportunity offender. It can impact people of all ages and all ethnicities. It can also impact women and men alike. For men, depression can be a uniquely difficult struggle—and the reason for this is simple: Many men have a hard time admitting...
by WestBridge | Oct 15, 2023 | Bipolar Disorder, Mental Health Disorders, Mental Illness, Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders, WestBridge
Bipolar disorder is a relatively common mental health diagnosis—yet misunderstanding about this disorder and treatment persists. . Unrelenting stigma suppresses open discussion of mental health-related issues. It is critically important to spread accurate information...
by WestBridge | Oct 6, 2023 | Mental Health Disorders, Recovery, Therapy, Wellness, WestBridge
Receiving any diagnosis of a serious, lifelong disease can be devastating—and depression and anxiety are no exceptions. Even when you have long suspected that you have one of these disorders, hearing a physician pronounce it can make you wonder what the rest of your...
by WestBridge | Sep 15, 2023 | Mental Health Disorders, Mental Illness, Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders, WestBridge
Families facing a mental illness together encounter many obstacles—not least the difficulty in sorting fact from fiction. Decades of stigma surrounding mental health issues have led to much misinformation; even among those who are open to learning more about mental...
by WestBridge | Sep 8, 2023 | Mental Health Disorders, Treating Dual Disorders, Wellness, WestBridge
It used to be that mental health and addiction issues were treated separately. Dual Diagnosis treatment—which treats both conditions simultaneously—is a relatively new field of endeavor, but already has won the support and affirmations of many clinicians, scientists,...