Village Behavioral Health, located near Knoxville, TN, provides a multidisciplinary approach to mental health disorder treatment. We create individualized treatment plans for adolescents.
Many adolescents who have been diagnosed with a mental health concern often struggle with more than one disorder, which is commonly referred to as co-occurring disorders. The most common co-occurring disorders found in adolescents is a mental health disorder and a substance use disorder, as a large number of youths use substances to help control the symptoms of mental health disorders. When this occurs, the substance of choice can exacerbate the mental health symptoms and lead to a number of other serious consequences, such as addiction, making treatment or rehab that much more difficult. The most common mental health disorders adolescents who abuse drugs or alcohol are diagnosed with include mood-related and anxiety disorders, such as depression, bipolar disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It can be a challenge for practitioners to diagnose co-occurring disorders, as many of the symptoms of these intertwining disorders can mimic or mask the other.
While not as common, other people may struggle with co-occurring mental health disorders, which occurs when more than one mental health disorder exists at the same time. Depression and bipolar disorder tend to be accompanied by anxiety disorders. In order for an adolescent to heal, they must receive treatment at a rehab center for each disorder simultaneously. Treating only one disorder does not typically involve improvement in the other. With the proper types of treatment interventions provided at our rehab center in Knoxville, co-occurring disorders can be managed and treated.
