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There is an intrinsic connection between a healthy mind and well-being, and neglecting your mental health can have serious and life-altering consequences.
In today’s hectic world, stress is an everyday reality for many people. Various factors, such as financial challenges, the responsibilities of parenthood, issues related to employment and difficulties in relationships, can act as triggers for heightened stress levels.
Consequently, many people find themselves struggling mentally and emotionally, but are unsure of how to address and manage their struggles.
At St. Hope Healthcare, we are ready to be your trusted provider for improving your overall well-being. Our clinic is proud to offer a comprehensive range of behavioral health services, including counseling, prescription medication, educational workshops and crisis intervention.
Understanding Behavioral Health
When you catch the flu, you likely take flu medication, drink plenty of fluids and rest. When you feel sick there’s no doubt in your mind that the physical symptoms your body is experiencing require your attention and medical treatment.
Things get more complicated when you suffer mentally. You might be tempted to think your bad mood or anxiety is something that you can just snap out of. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Your mental health and well-being are just as real, important and prone to illnesses and disorders as your physical body.
When you find yourself or someone you love struggling mentally and/or emotionally, it’s important to not ignore or downplay the issues you’re struggling with, but to approach them with the same level of care and concern you would for any physical ailment.
Just as you'd seek medical attention for a persistent cough, seeking help for persistent feelings of sadness, anxiety or other emotional struggles is equally valid. If you’re not sure where to begin, a good first step may be to contact your family doctor or contact St. Hope for guidance.
Common Behavioral Health Concerns
Emotional Concerns
- Depression: A serious mental health disorder characterized by persistent feelings of sadness, hopelessness and a lack of interest or pleasure in activities that were once enjoyable.
- Anxiety: Chronic and disproportionate worry about everyday events.
- Phobias: Intense and irrational fears of particular objects, situations or activities. Common phobias include claustrophobia (fear of enclosed spaced), fear of speaking and social phobia.
- OCD: A condition characterized by persistent and unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors or mental acts (compulsions).
Academic Concerns
- ADHD/ADD: A disorder characterized by persistent patterns of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity that can impact various areas of a person's life, including school, work, relationships and daily functioning.
- Learning disorders: Conditions that affect a person's ability to acquire, process or use information effectively, despite having average or above-average intelligence. Examples of learning disorders include dyslexia (impacts reading skills) and dysgraphia (affects writing skills).
Disordered Eating
- Anorexia: A serious and potentially life-threatening eating disorder characterized by an intense fear of gaining weight and a distorted body image.
- Bulimia: An eating disorder characterized by cycles of binging and purging (vomiting).
- Binge eating: Consuming large amounts of food in a short period of time, often accompanied by a sense of loss of control over one's eating behavior.
- Pica: The persistent consumption of non-nutritive, non-food substances (paper, metal, clay, etc.) despite the substance having no nutritional value or being considered culturally inappropriate.
Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Social challenges
- Difficulty with social interactions and forming relationships
- Limited or atypical use of nonverbal communication, such as gestures, facial expressions and eye contact
- Difficulty understanding social cues and norms, which can lead to misunderstandings
- Communication difficulties
- Delayed or atypical language development
- Difficulty initiating or sustaining conversations
- Repetitive or rigid language patterns (echolalia) where the individual repeats words or phrases without clear communication intent
- Repetitive behaviors and interests
- Engaging in repetitive movements, such as hand-flapping, rocking or spinning objects.
- Having intense and narrow interests, often focused on specific topics or objects
- Insistence on sameness and resistance to changes in routines or surroundings
