Mental Wellness Month

Addiction is a complicated disease. It affects many aspects of life for both the addict and the loved ones around them. While drug addiction takes us all into a negative environment, there are still active groups trying to keep things positive. As such, the International Association of Insurance Professionals (IAIP) offers up a full calendar of wellness events they sponsor each year. Closely related to addiction treatment is Mental Wellness Month, which the IAIP promotes every January. This is an opportunity to erase the stigmas that still surround mental health issues while at the same time learning new therapies and discovering how to improve our overall health.

Here at Beaches Recovery, we understand the deep connection between mental health and substance use disorder. Therefore, we offer an array of therapies and programs.

About Mental Wellness Month

Psychologists and addiction specialists deal a lot with mental health issues. With that said, the IAIP prefers to draw more attention to mental wellness, which encompasses more than just mental health.

The World Health Organization defines mental wellness as follows: “a state of well-being in which an individual realizes his or her abilities can cope with the normal stresses of life can work productively, and can make a contribution to his or her community.” Using this definition, we can see just how important positive mental health is in every area of our lives from personal to professional to the community around us.

One of the primary objectives of Mental Wellness Month is to draw more attention to the overall well-being of people dealing with mental health issues. With a deeper understanding of the mental health issues that affect millions every year, we all can do a better job of seeing to our own health while helping others.

Addiction and Mental Wellness

As we learned during Mental Wellness Month 2018, the four main elements of mental wellness include:

• Thought processes
• Body function
• General behavior
• Emotions

By looking at these elements as a group, it’s easier to understand why there’s more we should consider than a person’s mental health issue. We must also look at how that mental health issue affects the overall quality of the patient’s life.

When the addiction becomes a problem, we must always consider the notion some form of mental health problem could be present. Beaches Recovery encounters these issues all the time at our dual diagnosis treatment center in Jacksonville, FL. When the possibility of co-occurring disorders presents itself, we step in and offer help for both conditions during treatment. We call this dual diagnosis treatment. Failure to simultaneously treat both conditions almost assures a patient will relapse and end up back in treatment.

Other Services at Beaches Recovery

Aside from dual diagnosis treatment, our Beaches Recovery facility offers a full menu of addiction treatment services. We render our custom services to address each patient’s unique circumstances. Some of our treatment programs include:

• Detox programs at our Tides Edge facility
• Inpatient or residential treatment
• Outpatient treatment
• Intensive outpatient program (IOP)
• Family counseling
• Gender-specific treatment programs
• Aftercare options

Across all our treatment programs, patients receive comprehensive and customized therapeutic care to address their specific needs. We understand that no one has the same struggle with addiction. Each patient will have their own path to recovery. At Beaches Recovery, we make sure patients have all the options they need to heal.

With Mental Wellness Month quickly approaching, it’s a good time to consider your circumstances. If you would like more information about our dual diagnosis treatment options at Beaches Recovery, you can call us at 866.605.0532. Our primary concern is for the overall welfare of our patients. Now is the right time for you to consider getting treatment for your addiction or mental health issues.