Mental Health Treatment Archives | The Gooden Center Southern California Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Center Tue, 01 Feb 2022 17:51:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 205612346 Black Pioneers in Mental Health https://www.goodencenter.org/black-pioneers-in-mental-health/ Tue, 01 Feb 2022 17:51:30 +0000 https://www.goodencenter.org/?p=50212 The Gooden Center prides itself on being an all-inclusive organization.  Some one once told me that Alcoholics Anonymous was intergrated before Major League Baseball and the U.S. Army.  It's important for us all to understand that, when attempting success in recovery, we must look at our similarities and not our differences. On this, the first [...]

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]]> 50212 5 Signs That You Are a Highly “Mindful” Individual https://www.goodencenter.org/5-signs-that-you-are-a-highly-mindful-individual/ Thu, 27 Jan 2022 23:47:23 +0000 https://www.goodencenter.org/?p=50206 At the Gooden Center, we make sure to take an approach to our men and women in recovery that mindfulness is an essential aspect of recovery.  We try to foster the idea that only be getting out of our own egos, can we begin to see the path forward.  You can learn more about our [...]

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]]> 50206 Mental Health and the Black Community https://www.goodencenter.org/mental-health-and-the-black-community/ Tue, 28 Sep 2021 14:07:32 +0000 https://www.goodencenter.org/?p=50033 Today, an estimated 20.6% of the U.S. population, or 1 in 5 adults, suffers from a mental illness or disorder. That rate is also about the same in black and white individuals. However, mental health intersects with Black experiences to create significant differences in how mental health problems are experienced, treated, and escalated. Cultural [...]

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]]> 50033 Supporting Mental Health in the Post-Pandemic Workplace https://www.goodencenter.org/supporting-mental-health-in-the-post-pandemic-workplace/ Fri, 20 Aug 2021 18:02:01 +0000 https://www.goodencenter.org/?p=49978 While an estimated 70% of the American workforce spent the better half of 2021 (and most of 2020) working from home – that's quickly changing. Workplaces are trying to “get back to normal” after the COVID-19 pandemic, and that involves moving people into work. That’s obviously stressful, especially for the millions of people who [...]

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]]> 49978 Effects of Social Isolation on Mental Health https://www.goodencenter.org/effects-of-social-isolation-on-mental-health/ Wed, 04 Aug 2021 14:20:13 +0000 https://www.goodencenter.org/?p=49944 Humans are social creatures. Most of us want and need to be surrounded by friends, family, and loved ones. But, what happens when you can’t? It remains true that the more we need help, the more most of us self-isolate. And, pandemic and health risks have done little to help with that. But, whether [...]

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]]> 49944 Music Therapy and Mental Health https://www.goodencenter.org/music-therapy-and-mental-health/ Tue, 27 Jul 2021 13:41:30 +0000 https://www.goodencenter.org/?p=49921 Music therapy is an incredibly common complimentary therapy used to supplement many forms of behavioral therapy, counseling, and group therapy. While music therapy is a “complimentary” therapy, it’s used to help individuals build creativity, self-confidence, and to share emotions. Complimentary or supplementary therapies are used to add to existing treatments because they don’t prove [...]

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]]> 49921 The Link Between Child Abuse and Mental Illness https://www.goodencenter.org/the-link-between-child-abuse-and-mental-illness/ Fri, 09 Jul 2021 06:20:36 +0000 https://www.goodencenter.org/?p=49898 Mental illness impacts nearly 1 in 5 Americans. That means 19% of us, or about 46 million U.S. adults, have a mental illness. These mental illnesses negatively impact everything from physical health to emotional wellbeing, relationships, productivity, and quality of life. And, while we can reliably diagnose many of them, millions of us don’t [...]

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]]> 49898 Postpartum Depression and Anxiety https://www.goodencenter.org/postpartum-depression-and-anxiety/ Tue, 06 Jul 2021 14:10:34 +0000 https://www.goodencenter.org/?p=49877 Postpartum depression is estimated to affect some 16.5% of all people giving birth. That’s on top of data showing that a further 29.2% of pregnant persons experience natal depression. Most importantly, while postpartum depression is well known and talked about, fewer people are aware that anxiety is just as, if not more common during [...]

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]]> 49877 How to Identify Signs of Mental Illness in a Loved One https://www.goodencenter.org/how-to-identify-signs-of-mental-illness-in-a-loved-one/ Thu, 03 Jun 2021 14:55:18 +0000 https://www.goodencenter.org/?p=49798 We all have a few down days every now and then. Everyone has a few off weeks, a bit of time when we stop cleaning, stop taking care of ourselves, or otherwise have problems. Sometimes those dips map to big life events, like a breakup, losing a job, or moving. Other times, they don’t [...]

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]]> 49798 Meditation and Mental Health https://www.goodencenter.org/meditation-and-mental-health/ Tue, 11 May 2021 17:38:55 +0000 https://www.goodencenter.org/?p=49766 Today’s mental health treatment involves a broad range of therapies, treatments, and practices intended to increase whole-body or holistic health. For many of us, that means adopting meditation – often in the form of mindfulness – as a mental health treatment. Yet, while western medicine has adopted and used mindfulness treatments for over a [...]

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