For people who struggle with mental health disorders, especially those relating to personality or emotional regulation, it’s necessary to find proper care and treatment. Sometimes, it can be hard for loved ones to recognize the signs of these types of disorders. If you think someone you love is struggling with their mental health, it’s time to help them find a comprehensive personality disorder treatment program.
WHAT ARE PERSONALITY DISORDERS?
Personality disorders are chronic patterns of behavior that cause lasting problems with work and relationships. Most people with personality disorders are prone to anger. Their anger is always sudden, raging, frightening and without an apparent provocation by an outside agent. It would seem that people suffering from personality disorders are in a CONSTANT state of anger, which is effectively suppressed most of the time.
Personality disorders can present themselves alongside other mental health disorders, such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, or bipolar disorder. A person with a personality disorder may also struggle with substance addiction. It’s important to look for co-occurring disorders when trying to find personality disorder treatment options for a loved one. Mental health treatment programs in Californiacan provide personality disorder treatment program your loved one needs to take back control of their life.
TYPES OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS
A paranoid personality disorder can result from negative childhood experiences fostered by a threatening domestic atmosphere. A narcissistic personality disorder may be an infantile, defensive personality structure in response to abuse and trauma, usually developing in early childhood or early adolescence.
Childhood developmental factors and parenting behaviors that may contribute to the disorder. Narcissistic personality disorder, which is less common than other personality disorders, is estimated to affect less than 1 percent of the general population. A narcissistic personality disorder may be a maladaptive defense of the abused child’s or adolescent’s emotional splitting, resultant cognitive distortions, and negative/hostile worldview. Treatment can significantly decrease relapse rates.
PERSONALITY DISORDERS AND ADDICTION
When it comes to addiction and mental health, they tend to go hand-in-hand. This relationship is no different for those struggling with personality disorders. Often, those with an addiction to a harmful substance will only experience heightened symptoms of their disorder. Side effects and withdrawal symptoms of many drugs can lead to problems with mental health.
In other cases, personality disorders or other mental illnesses can lead to self-medication. Drugs and alcohol can help individuals feel more in control of their situations. Other times, these substances can create a euphoria that helps eliminate the symptoms of the mental disorder. This high tends to lead to an addiction. If the mental illness is never taken care of, the addiction will only become worse as the individual is stuck in a vicious cycle.
Personality disorders can cause a variety of emotional symptoms, such as anxiety or depression, which might cause a person to turn to alcohol or substance abuse to relieve.
These disorders can also cause people to engage in reckless behaviors, which only escalates with the addiction to drugs and alcohol. They may drive drunk or engage in risky behavior, or they could subject themselves to dangerous and highly addictive substances such as cocaine or heroin.
For those who suffer from an addiction along with one of the many personality disorders, a dual diagnosis is necessary to address both problems. A dual diagnosis treatment center in Orange County CA can provide the help you need to manage both problems successfully. A personality disorder treatment program will also address the issue of addiction to better the chances of preventing a relapse.
PERSONALITY DISORDER TREATMENT PROGRAM AT MORNINGSIDE RECOVERY
Morningside specializes in co-occurring/co-morbid addictions with behavioral disorders and personality disorders. For many, mental health disorders often feed into substance abuse problems. If you’re looking for personality disorder treatment for your loved one and they appear to also struggle with a substance addiction, you may also want to look into treatment programs such as:
- Alcoholism rehab
- Heroin addiction treatment
- Prescription drug addiction treatment
- Opiate addiction treatment
Our mental health services also include the following services to help manage numerous disorders:
- Alcoholism and depression
- Behavioral disorders
- Benzodiazepines for anxiety
- Bipolar disorder and alcohol abuse
- Co-occurring disorders
- Emotional disorders
- Mental health rehab
If someone in your life is exhibiting signs of personality disorders, it’s time to find treatment today. The experts at Morningside Recovery are ready to walk with you and your loved one along the path to recovery. Call us today at 855-416-8202 to learn more about our personality disorder treatment program and we can help.