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What is Symptom Accommodation for Pediatric OCD?

October 27, 2016

Exposure and response prevention (ERP) treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) isn’t easy, especially when you’re a child or teenager. Every day, your treatment team is asking you to face your worst fears and avoid using your repetitive behaviors or rituals to control your anxiety. Because treatment can be difficult, it’s necessary for parents to be actively involved in their child’s care plan and not participate in symptom accommodation.

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Medication-Assisted Treatment Proven Valuable to Patients with Opioid Addiction

September 27, 2016

This spring, Rogers Memorial Hospital–Brown Deer began offering a new program: Opioid Addiction Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) with Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT). The program, which was designed specifically for adults with opioid addiction who want to add medications for reducing withdrawal and cravings symptoms into their care plan, has been well received by patients.

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Barry Thomet Receives Service Award

August 1, 2016

On July 30, Barry Thomet, local outreach representative, received the Patricia Perkins IOCDF Service Award at the 23rd Annual OCD Conference (link is external) in Chicago, Illinois.
The award recognizes Thomet’s advocacy and dedication to individuals with mental illness and addiction through more than 20 years of service at Rogers Memorial Hospital

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Seeds of Horticultural Therapy Sewn Throughout Rogers History

July 20, 2016

Theresa Rogers understood the benefits of gardening in the healing process. The wife of Rogers’ founder, Mrs. Rogers created a magnificent garden which, in the 1920s, drew busloads of people to visit what is now Rogers Memorial Hospital–Oconomowoc. Rogers was known throughout the Midwest for its beautiful landscaping and two miles of natural gardens.

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Comorbid Anxiety and Eating Disorders: Addressing the Complexity

July 1, 2016

Rogers Behavioral Health’s Tampa, Florida; Nashville, Tennessee; and Skokie, Illinois; locations offer a variety of partial hospital and intensive outpatient programs for children, teens and adults with anorexia nervosa, binge eating disorder and bulimia nervosa. The Rogers’ teams, however, often find their patients also dealing with comorbid conditions related to anxiety.

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Compassion Fatigue: Caring for those who Provide Treatment

June 23, 2016

Every day, patients with trauma or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), courageously work with therapists, nurses and other professionals to decrease anxieties surrounding horrific events. Over time, the trauma patients endure and the anxieties that come along with it can become harmful for care providers.

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Residents Gain Valuable Experience with Eating Disorders

June 14, 2016

According to Mental Health America, eating disorders may occur with a wide range of other mental health conditions, including anxiety disorders, depression and other mood disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorders. Because these conditions are commonly co-occurring, psychiatrists will likely have a patient who has an eating disorder at some point in their career, regardless of discipline.

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Care Grants for OCD and Anxiety Treatment

May 31, 2016

Optimal mental health is critical for overall well-being, but for those struggling with behavioral health challenges, life-changing treatment can be costly. Unfortunately, as with general medical care, insurance doesn’t always cover the total cost of a person’s behavioral health treatment or the length of treatment that may be most beneficial. No one wants to face going without a life-saving medical operation for you or your loved one because of finances. The same is true for your or a loved one’s mental health or addiction care.

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Encouragement for Programming: Patients Pay it Forward

May 16, 2016

Imagine leaving your job and family, picking up everything to move hundreds of miles away to enter treatment for your mental illness or addiction. You’ve been searching for months for a program that can help and for what feels like the hundredth time, a doctor tells you that you are in the right place. Do you believe it? Maybe not—but what if you heard from someone who has actually been there?

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