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No matter how or when you served your country in the military there may be a time that you could benefit from the additional mental health support that Ridgeview Institute offers. You do not have to face these challenges alone. Please reach out to get the resources...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Most of us have heard of bipolar disorder, and perhaps even use the term to describe emotional “ups and downs”. However, bipolar disorder is much more than “mood swings.” Here at Ridgeview Institute, our mental health professionals treat hundreds of clients living...

When treating children and adolescents, it’s not uncommon to see patients who have engaged in self-harm. Self-injury often takes the form of cutting, but also includes scratching, burning, self-hitting, putting items under the skin or interrupting the healing of...

When the days shorten and the weather cools, it’s common to want to stay in bed longer and keep lots of comfort food on hand. But for many, a case of what we shrug off as “the holiday blues” is actually a form of winter depression called seasonal affective disorder,...

There are some back-to-school traditions like picking out new clothes and school supplies that can be fun, but for many students the back-to-school season is filled with feelings of dread. Some students struggle with the fears of being judged by their teachers and not...