Depression Treatment Centers

What is Depression?

Everybody feels sad at one time or another. It’s not a pleasant feeling, but is perfectly normal. However, if this feeling of sadness persists for long periods of time and affects your everyday life, then there is a problem. This condition is known as clinical depression.

Depression is never a 'normal' part of life; it is a serious illness. It can lead to poor decision-making, alcoholism, isolation even suicide. Depression can be caused by chemical imbalances in the brain, hormonal changes, medications, drugs, or things that are going on in your life. Without proper treatment, one traumatic event can lead to a severe case of depression that lingers for the rest of a person’s life.

Sometimes, treatment of the depression alone is not enough for a patient to significantly improve their quality of life. If the underlying cause of the depression is not treated, the depression can return again and again. Sovereign Health of California, unlike other depression treatment centers, treats the patient’s depression and co-occurring conditions simultaneously, with cutting edge dual diagnosis therapy, thus creating the best possible chance of a happy life.

What are the Symptoms of Depression?

• Persistent sadness, anxiousness or 'empty' mood
• Changes in sleep patterns
• Changes in appetite and weight
• Loss of interest or lack of pleasure in activities once enjoyed, including sex
• Restlessness or irritability
• Persistent physical symptoms that don't respond to treatment (such as headaches, chronic pain, or constipation and other digestive disorders)
• Difficulty concentrating, remembering or making decisions
• Low self-esteem
• Fatigue or loss of energy
• Feelings of guilt or hopelessness
• Thoughts of death or suicide

How do you Treat Depression?

At Sovereign Health of California, one of the leadingdepression treatment centers helps individual patients on a case by case basis. Some patients might find that psychotherapy and support groups are the most helpful, while one-to-one talk therapies with psychiatrists work better for others, and still others may prefer a combination of both.

Patients may also be prescribed antidepressant medications. If you are currently on a prescription, you should not stop taking the medication without first consulting your doctor. Some antidepressants have side effects, but they are generally temporary and mild. If side effects are troublesome and persistent, or the drugs are not helping your depression, contact your doctor. Everyone is different, and different prescriptions work for different people.

Depression is among the most treatable of mental illnesses, yet over half of the nearly 20 million adults diagnosed with depression do not seek help Don’t waste another day of your life being depressed! Sovereign Health of California's qualified staff is here for you.

Depression Treatment

If you wish you could go to bed and never wake up; if you feel worthless and that nothing is worth doing in life anymore; if you cannot get pleasure from doing things you used to enjoy; if you feel nothing is worth getting out of bed for – but when you go to bed you don’t sleep; then it is quite possible you are suffering from clinical depression – just like millions of others.

These are just some of the symptoms of depression – there are others. Here, at Sovereign Health of California, we can help you with initial diagnosis and treatment, to give you back your life!

Depression Requires Special Therapy

Here, at Sovereign Health of California, we have a system of counseling and therapy designed to uncover the underlying reasons for your depression. Our highly qualified, experienced staff provides treatment in a safe, supporting environment. Our counselors and therapists have achieved a success rate rarely achieved in other treatment centers. Our treatment is affordable and effective. We focus ratheron counseling and therapy, to get to the source of the problem than simply using medication to treat the symptoms, as is more common in psychiatric hospitals. We offer individual counseling and therapy sessions, in conjunction with group sessions, in a comfortable and supportive environment.

At Sovereign Health of California, our aim is to help you to release all your emotional pain and achieve lasting recovery.

Individual Attention & Depression Therapy

Here, at Sovereign Health of California, we offer treatments that get to the source of depression, not only reducing the symptoms but achieving an end to depression.

We have comfortable, welcoming residential facilities in the picturesque community of San Clemente, a stone’s throw from some of the most beautiful beaches in Orange County. We offer 30, 60 and 90 day residential treatments. We also have an outpatient option and continuing after care support at the end of your treatment.

We offer individual clinical therapies, combined with holistic treatments such as acupuncture, massage and meditation – all at a reasonable cost. We offer recovery – not simply a mask for the symptoms!

Treatment for depression takes time and can be emotionally painful. But, from the outset, you will see a gradual improvement day by day until you achieve full recovery. Our treatment succeeds, where others fail!

Treatment, typically takes between 30 and 60 days, although some clients take longer to reach recovery. There is no set limit to the time it takes, but we would recommend an initial 30 day commitment from you.

For a list of some of the treatments we offer, please visit what we offer page

Goals:

Millions of people each year suffer from clinical depression. Our goal, at Sovereign Health of California, is for you to achieve long term recovery and to leave treatment looking forward to a full and rewarding life.

We aim to get to the source of depression, whether it be childhood memories, abuse, trauma, interpersonal relationships or merely life’s disappointments. Our highly qualified, experienced staff will help you address these underlying issues during group or individual therapy sessions. Holistic therapies such as acupuncture, massage and meditation combine with more traditional treatments to lead you to moving on towards a full and rewarding life in recovery.