Mental Health in Prisons: How Alternatives to Incarceration Programs are Making an Impact Posted on: September 23, 2019 | Julie Rael According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, approximately 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. experiences mental illness in a given year. That is 46.6 million people. Of those ... Read More
You Have The Power To Help This Suicide Prevention Week Posted on: September 9, 2019 | Julie Rael Today, a Utah father will take his own life due to untreated mental illness. (A suicide takes place every 16 hours in our state, totaling 10 suicides a week.) Today, a t... Read More
How To Help A Child With Behavior Problems At School Posted on: August 20, 2019 | Julie Rael It’s August, and that means children and young adults are starting a brand new year at school! For many families, back to school season is an equally exciting and stressful t... Read More
Minority Mental Health Month 2019 Posted on: July 18, 2019 | Valley The month of July is a favorite of ours here at Valley Behavioral Health, for a variety of reasons. Among those reasons, one of the strongest is that July is Minority Mental Health... Read More
PTSD And Fireworks Posted on: July 3, 2019 | Julia Hood, Ph.D., BCBA, NCSP PTSD And Fireworks - Supporting Your Neighborhood Combat Veterans [caption id="attachment_4515" align="alignright" width="200"] Photo by Chris Fuller on Unsplash[/caption] Th... Read More
Discover Outpatient Mental Health Treatment Posted on: June 19, 2019 | Dr. Todd Thatcher, DO, CMO "Emotional pain is not something that should be hidden away and never spoken about. There is truth in your pain, there is growth in your pain, but only if it’s first brought out ... Read More
Domestic Violence Awareness Month: It’s Time to Speak Up October 16, 2019 | Julie Rael Since 1981, October has been recognized nationally as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. During this time, the focus... Read more
Addiction Disorder: Is Substance Abuse a Mental Disorder March 13, 2020 | Dr. Todd Thatcher, DO, CMO Words matter. In the discussion of what it means to be addicted to substances, the way it is described and defined h... Read more
About Depression and Major Depressive Disorder October 23, 2018 | Dr. Todd Thatcher, DO, CMO Imagine for a moment that we sit down across from each other and I tell you that I’m going to test your knowledge ... Read more