at a depression treatment center in portlandDepression, also known as clinical depression or major depressive disorder, is a common but serious mental health condition. It causes morose and severe psychological and physical symptoms that affect a person’s thoughts, feelings, relationships, and ability to handle daily activities like sleeping, working, and eating. In order to get diagnosed with depression, your symptoms must be present for two weeks or more.

Do you need mental health treatment in Portland? Call us today at 866.262.0531 for more information.

While we don’t always know what causes depression and anxiety, we know that these conditions are prevalent in most of the developed world. Our clinicians at Crestview specialize in helping people up from their darkest, most depressed moments. Contact Crestview Recovery by calling our mental health treatment program at 866.262.0531 to learn more about our depression, anxiety, or bipolar treatment programs. Our psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and therapists are available to help you manage depression and move forward in your wellness journey.

Treating Depression Starts in Therapy

We know that when depression or anxiety is left untreated, it affects our work, family, and social lives. Being depressed or anxious affects the way we interact with the people around us and how we feel about ourselves.

Signs a person may need their medication adjusted may include the following:

      • Manic episodes
      • Difficulty balancing
      • Phobias or compulsions
      • Persistent insomnia after diet and exercise adjustments

If you’re experiencing several of these symptoms, we welcome you to reach out to Crestview Recovery. We can provide support and answers to any questions you may have about your condition.

Trauma-Informed Care (TIC)

Trauma-informed therapy is a perspective that acknowledges the pervasive influence and impact of trauma on a person’s psyche. Trauma is caused by exposure to actual or threatened death or serious injury, sexual violence or molestation, or witnessing another person’s trauma. Situations that may require trauma-informed care may include:

      • Direct exposure
      • Witnessing violence (in person)
      • Learning about a traumatic event affecting a close family member or friend
      • Experiencing repeated, extreme, or pervasive trauma

The relationship between trauma and depression is a complicated one. A trauma-informed therapist can help you recognize when an event triggers an inappropriate emotional response due to past traumatic experiences.

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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Cognitive-behavioral therapy is a set of therapeutic procedures that address the role of particular thoughts and behavior patterns that interfere with mental health. CBT helps people reshape their actions and feelings by modifying thought patterns and self-perception. Taking the time to examine our thoughts as they relate to our self-esteem and behavior can help people cope with depression in healthy ways.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Dialectical behavioral therapy uses conversation, group work, skills training, individual therapy, and self-monitoring to help people develop healthy emotional responses. This therapy model uses a combination of skills training and relationship building between the patient and clinician to help manage strong emotions and difficulty controlling behavior.

Depression Can Be Part of a Dual Diagnosis

While psychoactive drugs can be life-saving and improve people’s quality of life, they are toxic when overused or combined with other drugs.

When someone struggles with a mental health concern and a co-occurring substance use disorder, we call this a dual diagnosis. If you or a loved one is struggling with mental health and chemical dependence, these conditions trigger one another to the point that they often become indistinguishable. At Crestview Recovery, we can provide treatment for depression alone or depression as part of a dual diagnosis.

Self-Medicated Depression

When a person loses their insurance, loses access to FDA-regulated drugs, or is unable to find a drug without harmful side effects, they may look elsewhere for relief. People struggling with depression may develop problems with substance use in attempts to self-medicate.  At Crestview, we offer programs to help treat many types of mental health concerns, including:

      • Bipolar disorder
      • Anxiety disorders
      • Eating disorders
      • Substance use disorders
      • Mood disorders

Chronic Pain, Fatigue, & Depression

People suffering from depression may also struggle with chronic fatigue, chronic pain, or both. Unfortunately, both the doctor-prescribed and self-prescribed medications that are most effective at immediately eliminating pain and fatigue are often the most likely to cause social and occupational impairments in the long term, especially when taken in increasingly high amounts. A Portland chronic pain clinic may be able to provide additional assistance.

Bipolar Disorder

While it is common for people to use the terms depression and bipolar interchangeably, these mental health conditions are different and require different types of treatment. People with bipolar disorder do experience depression, but they also experience periods of elevated emotional and physical intensity known as mania. To learn more about bipolar treatment at our Portland mental health center, contact a therapist at Crestview today.

Seek Treatment at Crestview Recovery

People with depression and anxiety experience symptoms that appear without provocation. Although drugs and alcohol may eliminate the unpleasant symptoms, they often prevent people from solving the problems they need to solve in order to grow. Although some people who use drugs to deal with anxiety and depression don’t become physically or psychologically dependent, many people do. We offer mental health treatment for those who are suffering from depression. The treatment options we provide are extensive, and may include:

      • Group therapy
      • Individual therapy
      • Holistic therapy
      • Yoga therapy
      • Family therapy