Psychiatry in Jacksonville
Psychiatry
Our psychiatrists help shine a light on how a person can walk on the path to recovery and begin a whole new way of living.
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If you have been struggling with an addiction to alcohol or another substance, our addiction treatment programs in Jacksonville, Florida, may be the ideal place to begin your recovery journey.
Design Recovery offers outpatient psychiatry in Jacksonville that allows people with an addiction to drugs or alcohol to see themselves clearly.
Clients can take advantage of FDA-approved medications that help ease their urges to relapse. Our psychiatrists help shine a light on how a person can walk on the path to recovery and begin a whole new way of living.
Contact Design Recovery today at 833-818-4300 to begin addiction treatment in Jacksonville, Florida.
What is Psychiatry?
Psychiatrists attend medical school and obtain their licenses as physicians, as well as their licenses to practice psychiatry. This allows them to treat people who have mental health disorders, substance use disorders, and otherwise need help improving their mental health.
Psychiatrists perform diagnoses, recommend treatment plans, and help prevent mental health disorders from developing or worsening. They also prescribe medications to help people improve their mental health, including both curable and chronic disorders.
How Does Psychiatry for Substance Use Disorder Work?
When someone abuses drugs or alcohol, they often think that’s the beginning and end of their problem.
However, substance use disorders have a lot to do with getting high or drunk to deal with traumatic experiences or underlying mental health disorders.
For example, a person who went through a traumatic event or series of events, such as military service or physical or sexual assault, may begin abusing substances to help avoid their feelings or decrease their impact.
The individual may also have a mental illness, like anxiety or depression, and try to ease their symptoms with drugs and alcohol. Psychiatry sessions help identify reasons why they feel the need to check out emotionally, resolve them, and move into the future without needing substances.
Our Rehab Programs That Offer Psychiatry
Design Recovery offers two levels of care that include psychiatry sessions to help people gain control over their substance use disorders.
Neither requires the individual to move into a facility for their treatment. Instead, they join us at our facility for their sessions and return home when they are over. The levels of care we offer include:
Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP): This works well for people who are new to recovery and need comprehensive care to help them keep from relapsing. Therapy sessions take place on Monday through Friday from 9:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.
Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP): A step down from our Partial Hospitalization Program, this level of care offers therapy sessions on three to five days a week that run from 9:00 A.M. to noon.
What To Expect During a Psychiatry Session
The first appointment with a psychiatrist will include conversations about the person’s experiences and what help they want.
The psychiatrist will ask questions to help them understand the details of the person’s experience with addiction and any co-occurring mental health disorders. The clinician may use the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) to help make an official diagnosis. The options for medications will be discussed, and a treatment plan will be recommended. Some psychiatrists also provide talk therapy sessions.
Do I Have to Take Medication?
Many people who see a psychiatrist take prescription medications under their supervision.
Medications can help minimize or stop some of their symptoms of mental illness, as well as help treat symptoms like anxiety and depression that contribute to a person abusing substances to deal with them.
However, a person does not have to take prescription drugs to participate in psychiatry in Jacksonville.
The psychiatrist will discuss the options for medications with their client, who makes the final decision on whether they want to use them.
Psychiatry in Conjunction with Other Treatment Modalities
A person can attend psychiatry alone or combine it with appointments for a variety of therapy modalities. Design Recovery offers the following types of therapy:
- Individual Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
- EMDR Therapy
- Holistic Therapy
- Surf Therapy
An initial meeting with the person in treatment will determine which types of therapy will offer them the best portals to healing their addiction and moving on with life.
Why Design Recovery?
Too often, a person who begins seeing a psychiatrist feels like the professional is only in it for a paycheck and doesn’t really get to know them.
Design Recovery employs a skilled and experienced staff that knows how to connect with the people we treat and provide a safe space where they feel heard.
We take the time to get to know each person and how they experience addiction so we can offer customized care that meets their specific needs.
Begin Psychiatry in Jacksonville Today
Design Recovery offers comprehensive care on an outpatient level to help you dig into your emotions, thoughts, and behaviors and understand what compels you to crave drugs or alcohol.
We help you settle unresolved issues and build healthy coping skills to use that make it easier to withstand temptations to relapse.