Offering Inpatient and Outpatient Mental Health Care
Benefits of Professional Mental Health Care
Mental health care from a trained professional has several recognized benefits, including increased understanding of the causes of experienced mental health conditions and guidance on better handling confusing thoughts and emotions.
Our professional mental health care providers use evidence-based treatment, offering care that has proven effective in treating mental health conditions. Staff members are trained to provide safe and effective care, supporting individuals in developing skills that can positively impact mood, social connections, and long-term mental health
Mental Health Disorders We Treat
Anxiety
A person’s ability to function can be affected by an anxiety disorder. And while such conditions can be debilitating, anxiety disorders are treatable. There are various anxiety disorders, including generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social phobia, and panic disorder.
Bipolar Disorder
This is a mood disorder characterized by wide fluctuations between happiness and sadness. Clients commonly report feeling “up” followed by feelings of depression and sadness. The “up” phase of the illness is called mania and can last from hours to days. Bipolar disorder is a lifelong condition that can be managed by effective treatment and medication.
Borderline Personality Disorder
Individuals who experience borderline personality disorder (BPD) feel emotions intensely. This disorder can affect the ability to regulate emotions and how one responds to stress. Impulsiveness and low self-image are both associated with this condition. The difficulties of BPD may lead to self-harming behavior.
Depression
While people may experience periods of feeling down from time to time, a major depressive disorder involves symptoms of depression that last for at least two weeks and interfere with a person’s ability to carry out day-to-day activities. People who are depressed often have difficulty sleeping or experience changes in appetite or a loss of interest in things that used to provide pleasure. In many cases of depression, thoughts of suicide are present.
Dissociative Disorders
These types of disorders are characterized by a disconnect with thoughts, identity, consciousness, and memory. The symptoms of a dissociative disorder usually develop as a response to a traumatic event, such as abuse or military combat, to keep memories under control. Stressful situations can worsen symptoms and cause problems with everyday functioning. However, symptoms depend on the type of dissociative disorder an individual has.
Psychosis
With this mental health disorder, individuals have perceptual disturbances in which they see or hear things that others do not. Those with psychosis may also experience delusions or fixed beliefs that are not based in reality. Delusional beliefs may involve thoughts that people are talking about the person when they are not.
PTSD
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition experienced by some who have either seen or been through a highly traumatic event. Triggers during everyday living can result in a person having harrowing flashbacks of the source event.
Schizophrenia
This is a serious psychiatric condition that negatively impacts a person’s thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Schizophrenia is characterized by symptoms such as psychosis and emotional detachment. With proper treatment, individuals with schizophrenia can live healthy, rewarding lives.
Outpatient Mental Health Services
API offers both partial hospital program (PHP) and intensive outpatient program (IOP) care. Contact us to learn about mental health treatment through these outpatient services.
Dual Diagnosis Care
A dual diagnosis is present when an individual has both a mental health disorder and a substance use disorder concurrently. A dual diagnosis is also called a co-occurring disorder. Our dual diagnosis care involves multiple evidence-based therapies to support stabilization and recovery.
Our Approach to Mental Health Treatment
Personalization is an important aspect of our approach to mental health treatment. In offering tailored care, we engage in psychotherapy treatment, medication support, and mental health education.
Our psychotherapy offerings include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mentalization-based therapy (MTB), solution-focused therapy (SFT), and the presentation of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills.
A CONTINUUM OF CARE
API offers mental health treatment in a cohesive system according to acuity level, allowing individuals to receive appropriate care based on their conditions and receive stepped-down treatment with continuity as their mental health improves. This continuum of care includes inpatient psychiatric hospital services and outpatient treatment, including PHP and IOP services.
Why Choose API
Alvarado Parkway Institute has been treating mental illness for over 40 years. We are focused on providing evidence-based care for the San Diego community, with trained healthcare professionals offering individualized mental health treatment.
Our team draws on various treatment modalities, and we give attention to streamlining access to healthcare, providing connection to counseling support and pharmacy services.
Contact Us for Inpatient and Outpatient Mental Health Treatment
We are an experienced mental health care provider, offering psychiatric hospital, PHP, and IOP services. Please contact us if you or someone you know could benefit from mental health treatment.
