Mood Disorder Residential Treatment

Is residential treatment available for mood disorders?

According to the DSM IV a mood disorder is a classification of a group of disorders where the persons underlying mood disturbance is the main problem. When considering a mood disorder diagnosis it is important that the clinician probe for past trauma and history of mania. There are two broad types of mood disorders that separated by if the person has ever had an episode of being either manic or had symptoms of hypomania. A history of mania with hypomania will distinguish between either depression or bi-polar disorder. Treatment for mood disorder can range from outpatient, intensive outpatient to mood disorder residential treatment. Mood Disorder Residential Treatment Los Angeles is one of the many centers providing residential treatment to patients suffering from mood disorders.

Manic Depression is currently called Bi-Polar disorder. Bi-Polar disorder is characterized by dramatic mood swings. This is a serious condition and the mania can cause hyper-sexuality, sleeplessness, grandiose thinking and/or paranoid rage. There are several types of Bipolar disorder; Bipolar I, Bipolar II, Cyclothymic disorder, mixed bipolar and rapid cycling bipolar. Treatment of Bi-Polar is different for different people. Treatment may include medications talk therapy and lifestyle changes.

Clinical depression defers from Bi-Polar disorder in that there is only cycling of depression not mania. Clinical depression symptoms include decreased appetite, fatigue, feelings of guilt, worthlessness, helplessness, insomnia or oversleeping, loss of interest, persistent sad moods and sometimes thoughts of suicide. Treatment focuses on medication management and talk therapy. Most talk therapy helps manage the major emotions and encompasses the entire person, focusing on mind, body, spirit, emotions and social relationships. Therapy also works to coach and reinforce the patient interpersonal skills, distress tolerance and management, works on reality acceptance skills and emotional regulation skills.

There are several levels of treatment available for mood disorders, these levels range from outpatient to mood disorder residential treatment. Mood disorder residential treatments include medication management, intense therapeutic interventions and skills training to introduce lifestyle changes. These mood disorder residential treatments are often very intense, short-term lifestyle management programs to help the mood disorder patient learn to understand their illness.

Mood Disorder Residential Treatment Los Angeles helps in integration of holistic treatment options and works to integrate treatment principles into a patient’s life. For any approach to be successful, it needs to focus on the patient’s whole life, including medication for symptom management and therapy to deal with underlying issues or past traumas. Recovery from a mood disorder is possible and treatment can be very beneficial.