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California Teen Mental Health Treatment: Get Residential Care At Top Locations

Episode Summary

Teen mental health treatment in California keeps getting better and more comprehensive—but experts say a spacious, modern and welcoming facility that offers holistic therapies and enrichment activities is the best choice.More information is available at https://missionprephealthcare.com/locations/

Episode Notes

If your teenage son or daughter is living with an anxiety disorder, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma or PTSD, severe ADHD, schizophrenia or another complex and challenging mental health condition, residential care may be the best option for them to receive structured, meaningful treatment and support.

This is what leading names in teen mental health treatment, like Mission Prep, believe. With six centers in operation across LA and San Diego, they can offer young patients a place to heal, recover and grow, and a myriad of specialty care options.

If you’re looking for care for your teenage son or daughter, one thing you should look for is whether the treatment center offers gender-specific housing, whether the homes are newly renovated, and how many teens they accommodate in each.

Mission Prep only offers spacious 6-bed homes to ensure that personal space is always maintained, and that each home offers a genuinely calming and restorative environment.

As their spokesperson explained, “It is imperative that adolescent inpatient mental health facilities are modern and thoughtfully designed to create a calming and supportive space for teens. A welcoming environment is an important part of making teens feel valued and cared for, which is essential to the success of their treatment.”

Beyond the facilities themselves, you should also look for a care provider with a comprehensive clinical team and partnering holistic mental health specialists, and where the level of care is constantly improving.

You should ensure that your teen will receive a personalized mental health plan that includes regular individual, group and family therapy sessions, and one-on-one mentoring.

Plus, you should pick a center where they will be able to participate in holistic therapies. For example, at Mission Prep, they do weekly Rock to Recovery, art therapy and surf therapy sessions, among others. They also offer mind, body and spirit enrichment activities, from nutrition classes to yoga, personal training and boxing sessions, and a gardening group. They will help your teen to not only begin recovering but begin thriving.

Mission Prep also offers ‘experiential outings’. This means they give the teens in their residential care program the chance to simply have fun at regularly scheduled beach trips, skateboarding afternoons, movie nights and go-karting excursions.

In short, you want to look for a residential care provider that has this kind of holistic approach—and that offers an exceptional standard of care—to give your teen the best chance possible of making a meaningful recovery.

As Mission Prep’s spokesperson said, “By providing a safe and supportive environment, teens can grow and thrive, both during their time in treatment and beyond.”

If you want to know what good care looks like, or what your options are for residential treatment in California, Mission Prep is here to help. Mission Prep City: San Juan Capistrano Address: 30310 Rancho Viejo Rd. Website: https://missionprephealthcare.com/