Behavioral Healthcare Associates, LLC
Comprehensive Psychiatric and Behavioral Health Services in Central North Carolina
Category: Mental Health
Navigating Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Insurance
By Adonta Lee, A.A. Finding out weeks, even months after your Mental Health (MH) or Substance Use Disorder (SUD) appointment, that you have an outstanding balance because your insurance company is not in-network with your provider or that you have…
Read MoreWhat Is Bipolar Disorder? Can It Be Managed?
By Jan Cheek, MSW, LCSW The term “Bipolar” is sometimes used casually to describe a person’s erratic behavior or emotions. However, Bipolar Disorder is an actual brain disorder causing severe impairment in multiple areas of functioning, primarily shifts in energy,…
Read MoreSleep Deprivation and Overlapping Symptoms With Other Mental Health and Physiological Disorders
By Jan Cheek, MSW, LCSW Sleep deprivation can be both a cause and an effect of several mental health disorders and many physiological health concerns including, but not limited to: cardiovascular issues, obesity, immune system deficiencies, and Type II Diabetes. Anxiety can…
Read MoreUsing Mindfulness to Manage Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms
By Jan Cheek, MSW, LCSW Research has indicated that mindfulness practices are effective ways to reduce and manage symptoms of anxiety and depression. Thoughts and beliefs influence feelings and thus sensations and ultimately symptoms of anxiety and depression. These thoughts…
Read MorePsychoeducational Testing for Children
By Elizabeth Martin, PhD Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common mental and behavioral health challenges that children experience. Along with this diagnosis, various other comorbid or secondary disorders may develop including but not limited to learning disorders,…
Read MoreIs Adult ADHD real?
By Jan Cheek, MSW, LCSW Perhaps it is Adult ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). Perhaps there is a reasonable explanation for why you have multiple projects started, yet remain unfinished besides what you have heard so many times in your…
Read MoreWhat is Trauma and Can it Really Be Treated Effectively?
By Jan Cheek, MSW, LCSW Often we consider traumatic events as those newsworthy events such as catastrophic weather disasters, violent war conditions, terrorist acts, fire, automobile accidents, physical or sexual assault, or rape. Actually, trauma is defined in multiple dictionaries…
Read MoreWhat Is OCD and What Can Be Done About It?
By Jan Cheek, MSW, LCSW Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a neurobiological disorder that causes a person to have a sense of intense angst and fills their mind with unwanted and intrusive thoughts, often threatening doom if they do not perform…
Read MoreOne View of Spirituality and Mental Health
By Michelle F Moseley, MS, LCMHC, NCC (she/her) People are more than the sum of their parts. Various aspects of oneself might contribute to a sense of wholeness. These include, but are not limited to: physical, emotional, vocational, intellectual, relational,…
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