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What is Depression?

Prolonged depression can be a debilitating psychological disorder. Depression is often expressed as persistent unhappiness, hopelessness, loss of interest and/or pleasure in usual activities, difficulty concentrating, insomnia or oversleeping, fatigue and anxiety. Depression can be caused by a number of factors, most involving trauma in some form. If left untreated, depression can seriously impact the quality of – or even ruin – an individual’s life.

What are the effects of depression?

Individuals suffering from depression often lack the motivation to get out of bed and can lose interest in the activities they once enjoyed. Since depression causes individuals to feel as if they are carrying a burden no one else can comprehend, those suffering from the disorder will isolate themselves from loved ones and trusted friends.

While depression is overwhelming, there is hope. Even the most severe and complicated cases of depression are treatable, and with the proper care individuals can enjoy a life free from the illness.

Depression treatment at the Center-A Place of Hope-was ranked number one in the United States in a recent review by the Newsmax organization, based on patient feedback and internet research.

Newsmax noted that “Good depression treatment centers generally include a holistic therapy set-up that provides a diet and exercise plan, counseling sessions, talk therapy sessions, recommended medications, motivation tapes, and other materials. Visiting a depression treatment center is a completely voluntary process that requires deep commitment from both the patient as well as the treatment center. While some treatment centers for depression are privately-run, others are managed by non-profit/charitable organizations. In addition, there are day treatment centers as well as residential treatment centers for depression to suit the needs of individuals.”

The Center’s partial hospitalization / day treatment program accomplishes in four weeks of six-out-of-seven-days a week intervention what would take over a year or more to accomplish in one hour per week of outpatient therapy. Our whole person approach reflects the best holistic programs available, and goes beyond most by offering a faith-based, Christ-centered component if the patient desires such spiritual work to be done. Every patient is assigned a dedicated team of licensed mental health professionals, naturopathic doctors, dieticians, pastoral care staff, and support staff who, working with the patient, develops a highly individualized treatment plan that all work together to realize on behalf of the patient. If needed, we also have access to an excellent psychiatrist, an acupuncturist and coaches in physical development on behalf of every patient who comes to the Center.

The Center also has excellent treatment programs for anxiety, including phobias, panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorders, and trauma-based anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder, and for eating disorders, addictions treatment, dual diagnosis issues, marital distress and relationship conflicts, overwhelming stress, issues of faith, unbelief, and doubt, and a variety of different personality and characterological disorders. Applying our team approach to the whole person in an intensive 4 to 6 week treatment program allows the patient to resolve many issues that would otherwise take months, even years to resolve, if they can be resolved at all in an infrequent outpatient model of treatment.

Noted below are the top ten treatment centers for depression treatment in America, which are run by private organizations. 

1) The Center For Counseling and Health Resources, Washington

2)  Sierra Tucson Depression Treatment Center, Arizona

3) Walden Behavioral Care, Massachusetts
4)Bayridge Anxiety and Depression Treatment Center, Ontario
5) Connecticut Anxiety and Depression Treatment Center, Connecticut
6) YouthCare Residential Treatment Center, Utah

7) Skyland Trail, Atlanta
8) Sunset Malibu’s Depression Treatment Center, Malibu, California

9) Anxiety and Depression Treatment Center, Newport Beach, California

10) Hollywood Pavilion, Florida

Also noted below are the top ten depression treatment centers run by or affiliated with university hospitals:

1) Harvard – Massachusetts General Hospital (Department of Psychiatry)
2) The Johns Hopkins Hospital (John Hopkins Mood Disorders Center)
3) Harvard – McLean Hospital
4) University of Pennsylvania (Department of Psychiatry)
5) Stanford University (Depression Research Clinic and Bipolar Disorders Clinic)
6) University of Michigan Depression Center
7) University of Colorado Denver Depression Center
8) University of Louisville Depression Center
9) The University of California San Francisco Depression Center (UCSF)
10) Columbia University (Columbia Psychiatry)

What Depression Treatment Centers Should Offer?

 
There are many different types of depression treatment centers, including group homes, work or farm-based facilities, apartment-style facilities, residential treatment facilities, and luxury depression treatment centers. Each type of facility works a little bit differently but no matter which type of facility you choose, they should all share the following four things:

Opportunities to Socialize: People that suffer from depression or those that have dual diagnoses of depression and other mental health disorders are often driven to isolate themselves from society. Your treatment facility should offer numerous social opportunities to help you overcome that sense of isolation.

 
Family Friendly Treatment: Depression is often deeply misunderstood by friends and family members. The best depression treatment centers will offer to work with your family so that your loved ones better understand your needs.

 
Aftercare: Treatment for depression doesn’t stop once you leave the treatment facility. Ensure that the facility you choose provides a treatment plan once your stay at the treatment center is over.
Proven Success: All treatment centers should be able to verify that the treatments they offer are successful in a majority of cases. Learn about the types of treatments that each facility offers and then do plenty of research online to make sure that each treatment is trusted among the medical community.