Residential treatment for depression

Jul 21, 2022

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What is depression and which factors influence depression? Furthermore, how can residential treatment for depression help? This article will explain those topics.

What is a depression?

Depression is a persistent period of gloomy feelings that are not considered normal for yourself. In addition, it is a condition that affects mood and feelings. If you suffer from it, you can become immersed in gloom. You lose interest in the people and things around you and can no longer really enjoy yourself. If the feelings of gloom last longer than two weeks. Subsequently, it is important to take action in the form of prevention or treatment.

Factors influencing the onset of depression

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There are biological-, psychic- and social factors that influence depression:

Biological factors

The biological factor mainly involves heredity. You could check in your own family whether depression or gloomy moods are more common and recognizable.

Our brains contain substances that affect our mood. These are serotonin and norepinephrine. It is known that people who experience depression have a lower concentration of serotonin or norepinephrine than other people. However, it is not known whether this is actually a cause or a consequence of the depressed feelings.

Psychological factors

The personal characteristics or psychological factors also play a role. These personal characteristics are developed during growing up. According to the NedKAD (June 2022), the characteristics that favour the development of depression are: a poor ability to solve problems, a poor ability to cope with sadness and disappointment, difficulty in asking for support, negative thinking, low self-confidence, perfectionism, fear of failure and a strict conscience.

Social factors

Social factors also influence whether or not a person gets depression. In particular, sad or shocking events. The gloomy feelings after losing a loved one, experiencing job loss or being unwanted childless can turn into depression. Also, a bad experience in the past can lead to depression in the present.

Help with depression

If you are wandering through the dark corridors of yourself, my first piece of advice is to not keep doing this alone. Find someone you can talk to about it, who you can share with. Someone who is understanding, empathetic and doesn’t shy away from your words. This can be in your private circle or a therapist. If this doesn’t help, one can consider a residential treatment for depression.

Residential treatment for depression at Hacienda Paradiso

Not all depression rehab centers are the same. Many traditional drug and alcohol ‘rehabs’ offer depression rehab as an afterthought, or a bolt on programme. But, Hacienda Paradiso has dedicated and qualified professionals specializing in depression and dual diagnosis. Moreover, hacienda Paradiso is built to create an atmosphere like you would experience at home. You will find comfortable furnishings, relaxing decor, space to unwind, and bedrooms to escape at the end of the day to rest. In all, inpatient rehab at the Hacienda will provide you with the chance to focus on yourself to get better. You are able to put all of your energy into healing.

We provide customized treatment plans to clients and refrains from a one-size-fits-all approach. Treatment plans may include individual therapy, group therapy, family therapy, and more. You may also experience aftercare planning enabling you to adjust to home once the rehab stay is finished.

Our addiction treatments

Detox @ Purify™

Detox, the first stage of becoming free from drug and alcohol dependency, is both physically and psychologically uncomfortable. Purify™ by Hacienda Paradiso was created to ease this discomfort. Restoring the body and mind in safe and comfortable surroundings, under medical supervision. The detox process will be complete within seven to ten days, with many clients beginning a successful programme of recovery after the detox process is complete.

Alcohol Addiction

Hacienda Paradiso is an award-winning alcohol treatment facility where the process of treating addiction is grounded in care, compassion and recovery. The process of treating alcohol addiction usually goes through four stages: admission, detox, rehab, and lasting recovery. We adopt an approach that is discreet, non-judgmental and individual. Our priority is to look beyond the symptoms of alcoholism and treat the causes of the condition, delivering successful lasting recovery and remission.

Bipolar Disorders & Depression

Childhood trauma, stress, grief, structural brain changes, hormonal imbalances and other neurological indicators have a proven link to Bipolar Disorder & Depression. Treatment at Hacienda Paradiso is highly effective and helps sufferers gain valuable insight and increased control over mood swings and other symptoms. It is essential to seek treatment as early as possible.

At Hacienda Paradiso, you will meet our Consultant Psychiatrist on admission. They will help you describe the symptoms you have experienced, and together with the exceptional therapeutic team, will create a treatment plan with you. If you have been using alcohol or substances, we will help you to safely detox in comfort, while we assess your care plan and recovery.

Our addiction treatments

Detox @ Purify™

Depression

Hacienda Paradiso luxury residential depression clinic takes an individualized deep dive with clients on a therapeutic led journey of recovery. The World Class treatment teams deliver long term remission from all forms of depression, depressive episodes and previously treatment resistant cases of major depressive disorder. Award-winning therapists and psychiatrists at the Hacienda work with clients to identify and treat and heal underlying problems. If the causes of depression are not identified, treated and healed, sufferers of can continue to experience symptoms throughout their lives.

Drug addiction

Drug addiction is a very complex, multi-faceted disorder. Major indications of drug addiction include cravings, withdrawal and unsuccessful previous attempts to stop or reduce use. The drug addiction experts at Hacienda Paradiso treat all forms of addiction including cocaine, cannabis and prescription medication. Hacienda Paradiso takes a pragmatic and highly individualized approach to drug addiction by treating the underlying factors and any co-existing mental health issues. The team at Hacienda Paradiso has been recognized internationally for their success and dedication to long term successful recovery.

Dual Diagnosis Treatment

Dual diagnosis is a term when a mental illness and substance misuse disorder coexist simultaneously. Often depression and anxiety may lead to alcohol and drug addiction and vice versa. The complexities of Dual Diagnosis is to establish the specific order of coexisting conditions to effectively treat the underlying causes to create successful, lasting and long term recovery from addiction and remission from coexisting mental health conditions.

Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety is an emotion that is okay to feel. Experiencing it occasionally is common and normal. However, anxiety disorders are much different to feeling the occasional bout of anxiety. Anxiety disorders can be paralyzing to those who experience them. They can leave a person feeling unable to cope with life.

Residential treatment at Hacienda Paradiso Clinic allows you to live, learn, and understand your anxiety disorder. Often clients experience significant and rapid reduction in anxiety and in many cases complete remission from a debilitating condition.

Gambling Addiction

The World Class team at Hacienda Paradiso are experts at treating pathological gambling addiction. Our unique and highly individualized programme of recovery equips you with the tools to break the cycle of addiction. We will create a unique treatment plan to heal the symptoms and address your own specific root-causes.

Gambling addiction often coexists with other addictions or mental health issues so it’s imperative to assess any dual diagnosis concerns that may have previously been undiagnosed.

Gaming Addiction

Video game addiction is a very real mental health condition impacting many millions of people around the world, across all ages. The most addicting games include Fortnite, League of Legends, PUBG, Minecraft and other household names. This is because video games are designed to be addictive.

Gaming addicts may experience significant impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational or other important areas of functioning. Gaming disorder is a process addiction and help is available from the team at Hacienda Paradiso. The friendly, non-judgmental therapeutic help develop a healthy relationship with technology and devise ways to ensure long term recovery and remission from video game addiction.

Sex Addiction

Dr Ruth Arenas leads our award-winning residential sex and love addiction clinic. Hacienda Paradiso is the only treatment center in Europe to separate love and sex addiction. While we recognize the similarities, we identify and treat each as standalone unique issues that may be triggering compounded emotional distress.

Dr Ruth is one of the Worlds foremost authorities in compulsive sexual disorder and hypersexuality. Residential treatment at Hacienda Paradiso boosts self-esteem and rebuilds mechanisms to increase resilience. Our World Class professionals help clients achieve freedom from destructive, compulsive and obsessive behaviors.

Prescription Medication Addiction

If you or a loved one has developed a prescription drug addiction, help is available. At Hacienda Paradiso our prescription drug addiction treatment is focused on complete and lasting long-term recovery. Our approach is non-judgmental and highly therapeutic. Our medical experts and clinicians will design a treatment plan specific for your situation, and the nature of your prescription drug addiction.

The exact treatment depends on the specific prescription medications, while at same time identifying and addressing the issues and reasons underlying the addiction.

DNA Testing for Addiction

The clinical team at Hacienda Paradiso are able to use cutting edge DNA testing to identify which drugs would be safer and more effective for use in a client’s recovery. As one of the only treatment clinics in Europe to offer DNA testing the team are able to quickly find which medically assisted treatment works best in each unique and individual case. This groundbreaking approach reduces the potential for uncomfortable side effects and greatly speeds a client’s recovery.

Transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS)

Transcranial direct current stimulation is a non-invasive procedure that uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain. TDCS is successfully used in the treatment of depression, PTSD, anxiety and other persistent psychological issues. Transcranial direct current stimulation at Hacienda Paradiso is particularly successful when a client presents with treatment resistant depression.