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With our focus on becoming more resilient in your recovery, First Light Recovery treats individuals contingent on needs, starting with your treatment plan, getting back into the community, and addressing your vocational goals. We provide a full level of care which focuses on Residential Mental Health care. First Light is unique in its approach to reach you at your emotional needs with the assistance of a service animal with appropriate documentation.

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Types of Disorders We Treat

Panic Attacks

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Impulse-Control Disorder

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Schizoaffective

The key differential with Schizoaffective disorder is the addition of a mood disturbance of either depression or a manic state. This commonly is misdiagnosed with other mood or psychotic disorders as most individuals experiencing psychosis experience depressive symptoms. Individuals with schizoaffective experience an extreme mood disturbance effecting their basic functioning, such as increase in suicide, extreme impulsive and/or reckless behaviors, while currently experiencing hallucinations and/or delusions. It is possible for this individual to experience psychotic episodes without the presence of a mood disorder, and are observed to be more bizarre, disorganized speech, flight of ideas, racing thoughts, mumbling to themselves, catatonic reactions, laughing at inappropriate times, increase in depression, and for some individuals there is an increase in paranoia.

Social Anxiety

The core issue to identify in someone with social anxiety is fear of further judgment in social settings. This comes from either not responding “appropriately” in their perception of the social norm, causing fear of a future outcome from social pressure. Individuals will avoid certain social settings to avoid this discomfort as a way of managing their anxiety, and hyper-focus on the perception of others and its effect on the individual’s identity. There is always fear associated with the social settings, fear of interacting with others, and fear of being observed by their peers. Individuals experience symptoms such as panic, tension, crying, isolation, sweating, staring, issues with communicating, and freezing either in the social setting or when the individual is asked to go in public.

Panic Attacks

Where generalized anxiety has a slower onset and lasts for multiple days, panic attacks are more abrupt and last up to a couple of hours. This is marked by extreme discomfort, and at times the individual feels they are having a heart attack from the increase in palpitations, accelerated heart rate, and pounding heart. Individuals who experience panic attacks live in fear of experiencing another one and will avoid certain interactions or situations to avoid the panic attack. This abrupt surge can come from either a calm state or from an anxiety-provoking state, and it is in the unknown state which causes emotional discomfort. For those with panic attacks, they experience symptoms such as shaking, shortness of breath, chest pain, difficulty with taking deep breaths, nausea, chills or heat sensations, numbness or tingling, and fear of going “crazy”. At times, the triggering event to the panic attack is known, but it is possible for the panic attack to be unexpected which causes further concern of feeling there is something wrong.

Impulse-Control Disorder

Everyone can relate with being impulsive in life. The difference is most of the population feel more in control of their impulses and learn from past decisions instead of engaging in them over and over again. Impulse-control disorder is marked by an impairment in overall decision-making, are more emotionally reactive to de-escalate their current state, and do not put much thought into the potential consequences. Individuals who relate with impulse control issues struggle with planning, making realistic goals, exploring alternative outcomes, and feeling safe to manage their current emotional state. This can result in risky behaviors resulting in hospitalizations to potential legal issues.

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