When it comes to psychiatric care, people still have hundreds of misconceptions of such a facility. Some view it as an embarrassment to be admitted to such a facility, while others think of it as a feasible excuse to get time off from work and take a personal vacation. Neither of these are true, as such a facility’s aim is to treat people who suffer from treatable mental disorders and give them a way to cope with their specific mental illness.
There are many kinds of mental disorders that can be treated at a professional psychiatric care facility, although not every mental disorder is treatable. Furthermore, there is a huge difference between treating and curing a mental disorder. In the end, a mental disorder cannot be fully cured, but it can be kept in check with continual treatment and/or medication (where applicable). Today, we discuss some mental disorders that can be treated at Beethoven Recovery Centre’s psychiatric care clinic near Gauteng.
Which Mental Disorders are Treatable with Psychiatric Care?
- Mood Disorders: Mood disorders cast a wide umbrella over various mental disorders that directly influence a person’s mood, state of mind, and corresponding actions. These disorders include bipolar disorder, depressive disorders, and similar disorders that impact an adult’s daily routines and cause imbalance in their life.
- Anxiety Disorders: These disorders are common among adults who live in Gauteng. With high crime rates, job loss rates, divorce rates, and a general feeling of unrest, it is only natural to experience anxiety in this province. Anxiety disorders include generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), panic disorder, and social phobias to name a few prime examples.
- Psychotic Disorders: This covers unique disorders that cause mental states of psychosis. Disorders such as schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder fall under this category. Psychosis refers to a mental state of struggling to distinguish between what’s real and what’s not. People who suffer from psychotic disorders will regularly experience a disconnect with the reality around them – leading to symptoms that include hallucinations, delusions, and scrambled thinking and talking patterns.
- Behavioural Disorders: Once again, this casts a wide net over multiple forms of disorders – stemming from destructive and repetitive behaviour. The most common type is behavioural addiction disorder, which can lead to substance abuse, mental addiction to a specific behaviour, and various behavioural patterns being displayed by people who suffer from this type of mental disorder. In most cases, such disorders are berthed from chasing that dopamine and serotonin release. These are chemicals released by a person’s brain to “reward” them for specific behaviour.
People heavily underestimate the sheer power of dopamine and serotonin. It can lead to developing a full-blown addiction to substances that not even remotely addictive, as well as behaviours that are detrimental to the specific individual and the people around them.
Beethoven Recovery Centre is your first choice in psychiatric care for people living near Gauteng. Please browse our website for details on our programme and facilities and contact us today if you are interested in our services.