Residential Treatment for Anxiety Disorders
As a top psychiatric treatment facility for anxiety, Skyland Trail specializes in treating adults with complex mental health challenges. Residential treatment is our most intensive level of care for anxiety treatment. Residential treatment often is the best next step for adults leaving a hospital or acute care facility. Adults with anxiety may also admit directly to our day treatment program in Atlanta.
Effective Medication Therapy for Anxiety
Anxiety is one of the most responsive diagnoses to treatment with medications. The classic approach for people with generalized anxiety is to prescribe SSRIs, the same medications that are helpful for depression. However, the medications have to be dosed differently to effectively treat anxiety.
For people with physical symptoms like sweating, dry mouth, racing pulse, a class of medications called beta-blockers can be very helpful because they have no side effects that impact cognition.
Some classes of medications for anxiety, like benzodiazepines, can be abused. They work well initially but with long-term use (greater than a couple weeks), they tend to cause cognitive slowing, and they are very addictive, especially for people who misuse alcohol. If indicated for a patient with severe symptoms, Skyland Trail psychiatrists limit the time of use of these medications, only until longer-term solutions can be identified and initiated.
CBT for Anxiety Disorders
Through cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, individuals learn to understand the relationship between their thoughts, behaviors, and mood, and then develop skills to change one of those three elements to affect the other two. For example, they may learn to recognize and reframe an unhealthy automatic thought: “I always fail.” Using CBT skills, they may be able to train their brains to instead think: “I might fail, but I will be OK. But I also often succeed, and could be successful in this situation if I prepare appropriately.” A healthier thought pattern could lead to improved mood and behaviors.
Evidence-based Treatment for Anxiety Disorders
Skyland Trail is not a "one-size-fits-all" mental health treatment facility. Each client begins with a robust diagnostic assessment at admission. And we match each client with a specialized treatment team, recovery community, and weekly schedule based on their diagnoses, challenges, and goals.
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A Holistic Approach to Wellness
In addition to medication and therapy, through our horticulture, arts and music programs, individuals can build confidence, identify and externalize potentially difficult feelings, and address symptoms through creative expression and social interaction.
We provide education about the increased risk for medical diseases and help prevent those diseases through our primary care and wellness program.
Our clients have the opportunity to explore potential spiritual resources through interfaith spiritual counseling. And, because an important part of therapy for individuals with depression is shifting their focus outside of themselves, our clients participate in organized humanitarian efforts and in our vocational services program to set and work toward goals for school, work or volunteer activities.