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How Your Smartphone Can Help and Hurt Your Mental Wellness The brain is a fascinating organ that benefits from some kind of stimulation to keep it sharp and functioning. Smartphones
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Symptoms and Signs of Schizophrenia
Symptoms and Signs of Schizophrenia This mental health illness affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. Schizophrenia is a condition where people can lose
What is Residential Treatment, and Who Would Benefit Most from It?
Have you ever heard of rehab? That’s a not-so-fancy way to say residential treatment. This type of program can help support various mental health or
Dr. Peter Sangra & Dr. Harry Silsby Discuss The Topic of Mental Health on PBS’ The El Paso Physician
Two of Peak Behavioral’s high-caliber psychiatrists, Dr. Peter Sangra & Dr. Harry Silsby, discuss the importance of mental health and touch on the diagnosis and treatment options for certain issues like PTSD, on PBS’ monthly streaming show, The El Paso Physician.
Dr. Peter Sangra named Top Psychiatrist in Santa Teresa
Each year America’s Best Doctors and the syndicated national outlets feature a special edition highlighting the accomplishments of physicians to help advance opportunity and advocacy within the medical profession.
Peak Behavioral’s Child and Adolescent Medical Director, Dr. Peter Sangra has been awarded Top Psychiatrist in Santa Teresa for 2020.
New PHP for Adolescents is Alternative to Psychiatric Admission
Peak Behavioral will be opening its adolescent partial hospitalization program (PHP) on November 1, 2019. PHP is an alternative treatment option for youth ages 12 -17 who don’t quite meet the criteria to be admitted to the hospital, but need a highly structured environment during the day to address significant behavioral and emotional challenges that get in the way of them attending school and regular activities. Patients stay at home on weeknights and on weekends and attend PHP during the weekdays.
EMDR Provided at Peak Behavioral Health of Las Cruces
Peak Behavioral of Las Cruces opened its doors to the community in April 2019 and began providing a Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) and an Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) services for male and female adults needing mental health and/or substance use treatment.
Putting our Patients Front and Center
“Putting our patients front and center of everything we do is what our community has learned to expect from us,” says Sandy Emanuel, CEO, Peak Behavioral Health at a recent staff meeting. Emanuel continues, “We have a number of ways that we continuously monitor the quality of the services we provide but hearing from our patients about how we made a difference tops the list.”
Suicide Prevention – Warnings Signs and Risk Factors
Peak Behavioral supports The Jason Foundations advocacy for the prevention of suicide. The Jason Foundation’s mission is specifically for the prevention of young person’s suicide. However, many of the well-researched constructs of the Warning Signs and Risk Factors they have published can be applied to all populations. Below is an outline of The Jason Foundation’s suicide prevention Warning Signs and Risk Factors to be aware of when interacting with anyone who may need Help:
WARNING SIGNS – By themselves, many of these observations are not sure signs that someone is suicidal but could mean that they are struggling with issues in their lives and could use help. If these issues are not addressed or treated, they can result in suicidal thoughts or attempts
Suicide Prevention – Support Our Veterans
The International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) has deemed September 8 through 14 as World Suicide Prevention Week. The purpose of this designation is to raise awareness that suicide can be prevented.
According to a Department of Defense report in armytimes.com, nearly two thirds of active duty military who died of suicide in 2012 were seen by a doctor within three months on the suicide. Approximately one third of those told someone of their plans. The report also stated that 42 percent had at least one mental health diagnosis. And, one in five were prescribed a psychiatric medication within 90 days of the suicide.
