BEHAVIORAL
health disorders are common in the
United States and internationally. An estimated 26.2 percent
of Americans ages 18 and older—about one in four adults—
experience a diagnosable behavioral health disorder in a
given year.
What is a behavioral health disorder?
Behavioral health disorders include: • Major depression.
• Bipolar disorder. • Anxiety disorders. • Schizophrenia.
• Eating disorders. • Attention disorders. • Personality
disorders. • Post-traumatic stress disorders. • Substance
abuse disorders.
What many people don’t realize is that alcohol and drug
problems also are mental illnesses. Many mental health treatment
providers also treat alcohol and drug problems. Science has
shown us that depression, anxiety and schizophrenia and a large
number of other psychiatric disorders are true biologic illnesses
just like diabetes and high blood pressure. It has also shown us
that drug and alcohol abuse and dependence are true biologic
illnesses that can cause long-lasting, and sometimes permanent,
changes in the brain and body.
Our providers
Addiction is a sickness, and many mental health providers
are specially trained to deal with individuals with the sickness
of alcohol and other drug abuse.
Here for your
ASPIRUS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH–ANTIGO AND ELCHO LOCATIONS
The Behavioral Health program at Aspirus
General Clinic of Langlade Hospital is certified
as a Wisconsin Mental Health Clinic
behavioral health
Helen Cueny, LCSW
Sylvia Dennison,
MD
Jim Hahn, MSEd
Jodi Space, APNP
CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT TODAY:
715-623-2351
(Antigo) or
715-275-4011
(Elcho).
Sylvia Dennison, MD, FAPA,
Psychiatrist, and Jim Hahn, MSEd/
MSMFT, Licensed Clinical Social
Worker, Marriage and Family Therapist,
and Substance Abuse Counselor, are
two of the mental health providers with
specialty training in the diagnosis and
treatment of alcohol and other drug
problems in addition to other forms of
mental illnesses. Both provide patient
care from the Antigo General Clinic.
Jodi Space, MSN, PMHNP-BC,
Advance Practice Nurse Prescriber,
is trained in diagnosing and treating
a wide variety of mental disorders,
providing service at the Elcho and
Antigo clinics.
Helen Cueny, MSW, Licensed Clinical
Social Worker, uses a holistic
approach, bringing cognitive and
other therapeutic methods to therapy,
providing services at the Elcho and
Antigo clinics.
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