ANXIETY TREATMENT IN ARKANSAS

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What Is Anxiety?

Anxiety disorders are mental disorders diagnosed by mental health professionals. Anxiety can cause a person to feel a great deal of anxiousness and other symptoms that disrupt their ability to feel calm and comfortable in many social, work, and other settings.

Someone who has an anxiety disorder may try to control their anxiety but is unable to regulate their moods. Often, professional treatment is needed to learn how to minimize symptoms and stop anxiety from ruling someone’s life.

In the Past Year, Nearly 1 in 5 U.S. Adults Had an Anxiety Disorder

According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), “An estimated 19.1% of U.S. adults had any anxiety disorder in the past year.” This means that anxiety disorders are among the most common mental health disorders in the U.S.

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Signs and Symptoms Someone May Need Anxiety Treatment

Which signs and symptoms a person with an anxiety disorder can have varies to some degree depending on which type of disorder they have.

Common signs of anxiety include:

• Constantly feeling anxious
• Panic attacks
• Avoiding situations, people, or locations that may trigger a panic attack
• Numbness in hands or feet
• Chest pains
• Shallow breathing
• Shaking
• High blood pressure
• Insomnia
• Medical symptoms with no specific cause (headaches, body aches, digestive difficulties, and more)

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Types of Anxiety Disorders

At our anxiety treatment centers in Arkansas, we treat several different types of anxiety disorders. They include:

• Panic Disorder: A person has uncontrollable panic attacks either with a distinct trigger or for no apparent reason.
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder: An overall feeling of anxiety most of the time and may also include symptoms of depression.
• Social Anxiety Disorder: This causes a person to have tremendous anxiety attending social events or being around even small groups of people.
• Separation Anxiety: The individual experiences severe anxiety when separated from a specific loved one or caregiver.
• Phobias: The person has an anxious reaction to specific situations or objects, such as a fear of flying, heights, or public places.

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What Causes an Anxiety Disorder?

One of the first things explored during treatment for anxiety disorders is any specific cause for the illness. Some people can point to an event, like being in a car accident, experiencing a one-time traumatic event, or several stressors over time. Other people can’t pinpoint what triggered their illness. 

Genetics can contribute to someone developing any number of mental health disorders, including anxiety. If a relative deals with an anxiety disorder, the risk of another family member having it is higher. As well, someone with a history of abusing drugs or alcohol can be susceptible to having an anxiety disorder.

How Our Anxiety Treatment Programs in Arkansas Work

We’re here to help you or your loved one manage the symptoms of anxiety disorders and lead a fulfilling and healthy life. People with anxiety disorders have different types of needs when it comes to treatment.

Our inpatient and outpatient programs are available in four three levels of care. We speak with each person before they enroll in our program to make sure they enter the right program for them.

• Residential Treatment: At Time Wellness, depending on the severity of someone’s anxiety, we partner with local inpatient programs so individuals can find stabilization before entering our programs.
• Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP): Many of the same benefits of residential care but doesn’t require a person to live away from home. Sessions take place for several hours a day over multiple days each week. 
• Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP): The same focused types of therapy as available in higher levels of care, but attendance is only around three hours per day over three to five days per week. 
• Outpatient Program (OP): The final step in treatment only requires one or two appointments per week and helps people prepare to graduate from treatment. 

Therapies Offered In Anxiety Treatment 

The key to overcoming anxiety is to take part in several types of therapy that help address these disorders. Therapies we offer include:

• Psychiatry: Professional help managing the use of prescription medications that treat anxiety.
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Helps people draw a correlation between their thoughts and feelings and resulting behaviors.
• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT): Teaches people the four tenets which include mindfulness, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and distress tolerance.
• Biofeedback Therapy: A way to control physical responses to stress using the real-time effects of body functions.
• Red Light Therapy: The use of low levels of red light to help improve depressive symptoms.
• Music Therapy: Listening to and creating music to help relieve distress.
• Trauma Therapy: Helps people resolve emotions and thoughts that evolved from experiencing trauma.
• Family Program: Therapist-led sessions that help family members understand how to communicate with and support their loved ones.
• Experiential Therapies: Activities that include outdoor events and more that help promote stress relief.
• Brain Mapping: The use of non-invasive brain imaging to help identify the best treatment options for each person.

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Why Choose Time Wellness?

At our anxiety treatment centers in Arkansas, we believe in the power of the individual.

This means we make sure to get to know each person we treat so we understand how they experience their anxiety disorder and their most challenging symptoms. This allows us to create a menu of different types of therapy for the individual to attend that gives them the greatest ability to ease their symptoms. 

Our combination of therapeutic modalities and access to prescription medications helps us provide first-class treatment that stops anxiety from having so much power in a person’s life.