About
Half of Americans will experience a mental illness during their lifetimes. Mental or emotional problems affect all aspects of our lives. We may become so overwhelmed that we cannot function day-to-day.
Lake Haven Behavioral Health Center at WTH Henry County Hospital offers individualized care in a warm, caring atmosphere. The first thing that our team of mental health professionals will do is a thorough evaluation to help determine what’s causing your distress and how we can best help you.
Our clinical team will check to see if there is any underlying medical or biochemical origin to your symptoms. The team will then work with you, your family and other health care professionals to develop a course of treatment that’s right for you.
Lake Haven Behavioral Health Services
Signs and symptoms that adults and seniors may exhibit include, but are not be limited to, one or more of the following:
- Suicidal behavior and/or threats.
- Behavioral changes/dementia.
- Severe agitation.
- Auditory or visual hallucinations.
Treatment services include:
- 24-hour behavioral health nursing care.
- Behavioral health diagnostic assessment and evaluation.
- Medication stabilization and management.
- Individual and group therapy.
- Patient and family education.
- Discharge and aftercare planning.
Geriatric Psychiatric Symptoms
Although dementia mainly affects older people, it is not a normal part of aging. Dementia is a syndrome caused by a variety of brain illnesses that affect memory, thinking, behavior and the ability to perform everyday activities. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, accounting for 60-80 percent of cases, and nearly one in ever five dollars spent by Medicare is on people with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia.
- Confusion or Disorientation — Inability to think clearly or quickly, and disorientation is a lack of awareness regarding time, place or person.
- Depression — A serious, treatable mood disorder that causes persistent feelings of sadness and a loss of interest or pleasure in activities.
- Anxiety — A normal, human emotion that involves feelings of worry, unease, or nervousness, often in anticipation of a future threat.
- Sleep-Related Eating Disorder (SRED) — A type of parasmonia (abnormal behavior that happens during sleep).
- Inability to Care for Self — A situation where an individual is unable to meet their basic needs for hygiene, nutrition, health and safety.
- Psychosis — Describes a set of symptoms that cause a person to lose touch with reality.
- Decreased Energy — A state of tiredness and lack of physical or mental energy, often interfering with daily activities.
