by WestBridge | Jan 24, 2025 | Community Integration Program (CIP), Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders, Recovery, Residential Treatment, Residential Treatment Program, Substance Use Disorders, Therapy, Wellness, WestBridge
In the journey of recovery, finding effective therapeutic outlets is crucial. WestBridge offers opportunities to have their participants experience art and create artwork in a variety of offerings and formats. Our Chestnut Street portion of our facility has...
by WestBridge | Jan 9, 2025 | Mental Health Disorders, Residential Treatment, Residential Treatment Program, Substance Use Disorders, WestBridge
WestBridge, a leader in the treatment of mental illness with or without substance use is addressing the increasing need for comprehensive mental health support for adults of all genders. After adding an all genders Intensive Outpatient Program and expanding its...
by WestBridge | Jul 12, 2024 | Substance Use Disorders, Therapy, Wellness, WestBridge
Over the last 10 years, an epidemic of abuse and addiction to opiates, stimulants, tranquilizers, sleep medication and non-opiate pain medication has occurred. In 2009, 16 million Americans age 12 and older took a prescription pain reliever, tranquilizer, stimulant or...
by WestBridge | Jun 14, 2024 | Recovery, Substance Use Disorders, Wellness, WestBridge
Understanding how drugs affect the brain and behavior can provide a fuller understanding of drug addiction and effective treatment. The following is excerpted from a National Institute on Drug Abuse research update. Addiction is a chronic brain disease Drugs change...
by WestBridge | Apr 19, 2024 | Substance Use Disorders, Wellness, WestBridge
Here is a correlation that might surprise you: People with mental health disorders are more likely to smoke than those without mental health disorders. In fact, three out of every 10 cigarettes smoked in the United States are smoked by people struggling with some form...
by WestBridge | Dec 1, 2023 | Mental Health Disorders, Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders, Recovery, Substance Use Disorders, Therapy, WestBridge
Recovery is always going to be a process; it is always going to be something you pursue over the course of a lifetime. With that said, the hope is that you reach a place where you have some firm life skills in place, and are able to thrive all on your own, without the...
