BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS

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Understanding Behavioral Disorders 

Behavioral disorders can seem baffling to both those who have them and those who spend time around them. They cause people to feel trapped by specific levels of emotion and energy and unable to break their patterns. Their disorders negatively affect their relationships with partners, family, friends, and co-workers. 

Without treatment from a licensed therapy center, symptoms for behavioral disorders typically worsen and make the person feel more out of control. They have difficulty knowing how to act and react and often find that discord results from their inability to change.

Common Types of Behavioral Disorders 

People with behavioral disorders most often have the following three types:

• Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): This disorder is characterized by a person having bursts of energy and difficulty focusing on conversations, tasks, and thoughts.

• Bipolar Disorder: This causes a person to have extreme emotional highs and lows that impact how they act and think.

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD): OCD causes a person to have obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors that frustrate them and they cannot control. 

Characteristics of Behavioral Disorders 

How a person experiences their behavioral disorder depends on what type they have and the severity of their symptoms. Behavioral disorders make it difficult for people to connect with others and form lasting relationships with partners and friends. It can also influence trouble doing well on the job or in school. 

People with behavioral disorders often feel alone and isolated, and have low self-esteem. They may be afraid to reach out for help, and need someone who cares about them to influence them to attend a licensed treatment center to help minimize their symptoms.

Causes of Behavioral Disorders

Like other mental illnesses, determining why behavioral disorders happen isn’t an easy science. Many people with a mental health disorder have a history of it in their family tree, making it more likely they will develop one. As well, people who experience trauma that can include adverse childhood experiences, and they do not receive treatment at the time may develop behavioral disorders. 

A person’s brain chemistry or a brain injury can trigger the development of a behavioral disorder. Additionally, if a person has one mental health disorder, they may also develop a behavioral disorder, particularly if they do not get proper treatment.

Signs and Symptoms of a Behavioral Disorder

When people struggle with behavioral disorders, they experience common signs and symptoms that include:

• Easily irritated
• Anger
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Sadness
• Defiance
• Changes in appetite or weight
• Sleeping too much or too little
• Trouble reading social cues
• Impulsive behavior 
• Doesn’t easily make friends or have romantic relationships
• Isolating

How Are Behavioral Disorders Diagnosed?

A mental health expert, such as a psychiatrist, psychologist, or mental health counselor, can provide a diagnosis for a person wondering if they may have a behavioral disorder. The clinician will discuss the person’s mental health history, any previous diagnoses or treatment, and what symptoms they experience. From there, a determination will be made if they have a behavioral disorder. If so, a plan can be designed for the right treatment program.

Treatment Options for Behavioral Disorders

When it comes to treating behavioral disorders, we believe in using different types of therapy and medication-assisted treatment to help the person achieve their highest potential. These include:

• Talk Therapy: Traditional talk therapy forms the cornerstone of most mental health treatment programs. Talk therapy can be done one-on-one or in a group setting and provides a safe place for the individual to open up about how they think, act, and feel.
• Holistic Therapy: These therapies approach healing from the viewpoint that a person must address their overall emotional, spiritual, and mental health to heal completely.
• Medication: Therapy combined with the right types of prescription medications help people level out their emotions and thoughts so they can concentrate on the healing process. 

Why Time Wellness Centers?

Too often, people who attend treatment for behavioral disorders feel as if they are just one in a long line of people who are all the same to their care providers. Time Wellness finds it much more effective to treat people as the individuals they are and get to know them so they can design a custom-made program that helps them meet their treatment goals.