Teenage Eating Disorders

Understanding Teenage Eating Disorders

Teenagers are the population most at risk of developing an eating disorder. Eating disorders impact your teen’s physical and mental health and should be taken seriously. The sooner you find support for your teen suffering from teenage eating…
Types of Eating Disorders

Types of Eating Disorders: 2023 Statistics and Insights

Understanding Eating Disorders Eating disorders are a behavioral condition that has been impacting the lives of millions of people for years. The characteristics of an eating disorder range in severity depending on a person’s unique relationship…
How to help someone with binge eating disorder

How to Help Someone With Binge Eating Disorder

What Is a Binge Eating Disorder? It can be scary to watch someone you love struggle with a Binge Eating Disorder, but there are many resources to inform you and to support them once they are ready to access help. Finding mental health treatment…
Common Phobias

What Is a Phobia?

A phobia is a form of anxiety disorder characterized by an excessive and persistent fear of a situation, object, person, animal, or activity. When someone with a phobia is presented with a situation, object, person, animal, or activity, it causes…
Can Alter Wellness Care's IOP Help Me Build My Mental Health Through Gratitude?

Can Alter Wellness Care’s IOP Help Me Build My Mental Health Through Gratitude?

Alter Wellness Care's intensive outpatient program (IOP) can help you to learn to build the strength of your mental health through gratitude. In fact, being a part of a program that both encourages independence and provides structured care is…
How To Explain Your Mental Health To Your Child

How to Explain Your Mental Health to Your Child

Children notice how the adults around them interact and react to one another. Mental health disorders cause some parents to develop maladaptive and unhealthy relationships. Meanwhile, children may feel responsible for changes they don't understand.…
Does Mental Health Support Help You Flourish When Moving Away From Home for the First Time?

Does Mental Health Support Help You Flourish When Moving Away From Home for the First Time?

Living on your own signals the beginning of one of the biggest transitional stages of life. While we may initially perceive this period as being one of independence, it is more of a learning curve. When we move out of our parent's or guardian's…
How to Cope With Night Terrors if You Have PTSD

How to Cope With Night Terrors if You Have PTSD

Many people diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) experience sleep disturbances, including night terrors. Parasomnias are common among individuals with PTSD. According to Frontiers in Psychology, "PTSD is . . . linked to remarkable…
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Patient Credits Alter Wellness Care to “Guide You to the Right Path of Excellence”

Laguna Beach, California—A woman was so pleased with the mental health treatment she received at Alter Wellness Care, she posted an enthusiastic 5-star review of the center in Laguna Beach, California. “This a wonderful facility with…
Could I Have Undiagnosed Adult ADHD?

Could I Have Undiagnosed Adult ADHD?

Finding it difficult to focus on something, even when it seems like an easy task, may be a sign of adult ADHD. People with this condition might have trouble prioritizing a schedule, forget meetings, or even unintentionally blow off friends…