Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can occur in people of any age. It can occur after you have seen or experienced a traumatic event that involved the threat of injury or death.
It can follow:
Symptoms include:
Non-suicidal self-injury is the act of deliberately harming your own body, such as through cutting on yourself or through burning yourself. It is typically not meant as a suicide attempt. Rather, self-injury is an unhealthy way to cope with emotional pain, intense anger and frustration.
Divorce is never an easy solution for a marriage. By the time a couple gets to the point where they’ve made a decision to pursue dissolving their relationship, communication has broken down, and feelings of fondness give way to harsh criticism, defensiveness, feelings of contempt and eventually stonewalling, once these behaviors begin to play out it can be hard to see a way back to being emotionally connected and happy. However, there are ways people can rebuild their relationship and explore whether their marriage is worth saving.
Anger is a feeling or emotion that ranges from mild irritation to intense fury or rage. Anger is a natural response to those situations where we:
Anger can result from frustration when our needs, desires, or goals are not being met. When we become angry, we may lose our patience and act aggressively, impulsively, or violently.
It is fall, what a glorious season filled with beautiful weather, bright colored leaves and outdoor activities. But what if you are not enjoying this time of year. What if you feel tired, depressed, irritable, poor sleep and have a decreased activity level. Could be you are suffering from the symptoms of SAD (Seasonal Affect Disorder). Sad occurs in 1 to 10% of the adult population, affecting more women than men and the average age of onset is 23 years of age.
Our Behavioral Health Urgent Care is an alternative to Emergency Room visits. We serve people on a walk in basis providing seamless, fast access to basic services.
It is designed for individuals:
• experiencing an elevated level of duress
• having suicidal thoughts
• thinking about self-harming behaviors
• feeling overwhelmed or depressed
• experiencing excessive worry or panic
You will be met with compassionate, trained professionals ready to help.
We have added to our services Walk-in Wednesdays. From 9 am to 4 pm in our La Salle, Ottawa, Canton and Macomb locations you can walk in with no appointment necessary. If you or someone you know needs mental health or substance use support, we are here to help.
North Central Behavioral Health Systems is pleased to announce the latest development in our continued growth in North Central Illinois with the opening of the Morris, Il office.
NCBHS service areas include La Salle, Bureau, Marshall, Putnam, Stark, Fulton, McDonough, and now Grundy Counties. NCBHS has 11 site locations and employs 140 staff who serve approximately 10,000 individuals annually, with an ongoing caseload of 3,000 individuals open for treatment at any one point in time.
