Cliffside West Los Angeles: Conditions We Treat
Loneliness. Isolation. Constantly feeling sick and afraid.
If you’re struggling with addiction, mental health disorders, or both, you know how overwhelming it feels. Even trying to find a way out can feel like a major struggle – who do you turn to first?
Cliffside West Los Angeles provides expert care for substance use disorders, mental disorders, and co-occurring conditions. At our comfortable Los Angeles treatment center, we’ll help you take your life back from addiction and more. By making use of a unique, measurement-based care approach, we’re able to carefully curate highly individualized care plans for our patients, ensuring the best chance at a lasting recovery.
What Is Substance Use Disorder?
Substance use disorder (SUD) is a complex disease that involves the repeated use of drugs despite the problems it causes. Continuing to use cannabis despite being fired for showing up to work high, or continuing to drink despite multiple DUIs, are just a few of the ways SUDs affect people.
This happens because drugs cause physical changes in the brain, affecting a person’s mental health. Drugs work by causing the nervous system to release dopamine, a powerful neurotransmitter used in the body’s reward system. Eventually, this causes the body to believe it needs drugs to function normally, which drives people to continue using drugs despite the problems they cause.
What Are Co-Occurring Disorders?
Co-occurring disorders, sometimes called dual diagnosis, happen when a mental disorder accompanies a substance use disorder. One doesn’t necessarily cause the other. A person can self-medicate for a condition like depression; substance abuse can cause mental disorders in some cases.
Some common mental disorders that accompany addiction include:
Mood Disorders
These disorders affect the mood and include bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder.
Anxiety Disorder
Panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder cause people to feel extremely anxious and worried, often without good reason.
Trauma Disorders
Resulting from enduring a traumatic event, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the most well-known trauma disorder.
Personality Disorders
Disorders like borderline personality disorder strongly affect how a person sees themselves, others, and their world.
Co-occurring disorders can be very complex. As isolating as they can feel, they’re also surprisingly common – the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) estimates 21.5 million Americans have this
combination of disorders.
The good news is that co-occurring disorders are treatable. With years of successfully treating addiction and co-occurring disorders, we’ll help you safely explore the roots of your conditions and treat them effectively, helping you live the life you truly deserve.
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