Mental Illness in Children

Ridgeview Institute offers their youth mental health and addiction program, ‘Thrive’. Our inpatient, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient treatment options gives patients access to a variety of care levels based on their individual needs. Our program...

Watch Your Words

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and in this article by the Anxiety & Depression Association of America, we learn about labels that are given to mental health challenges and how they can affect other areas of our well being. Terms like, ‘OCD’, ‘bipolar’ and...

National Stress Awareness Day

Stress is a normal part of life. Most of us have strategies that help us cope with everyday stressors but sometimes those strategies are maladaptive resulting in undesirable outcomes. For example, drinking or doing drugs to numb yourself from problems. Stress can...

National Autism Awareness Month

April is National Autism Awareness Month. Autism Speaks addresses the question, “Why are young people with autism at high risk for mental health crisis?” Physicians agree that young people with autism have a high rate of psychiatric disorders and behavioral challenges...

National Counseling Awareness Month

April is National Counseling Awareness Month. If you’ve ever considered seeking counseling, reach out now. Whether you have stress in your life, problems with a relationship, or anything else that weighs on your mind, you can benefit from mental health counseling. Be...