Age-Specific Treatment

Specialized treatment tracts designed for 3 individual age groups: (18-35), (36-54), and (55 and up)

Among Bel Air Home’s age-specific programs is the young adult tract, designed for the unique transitions and mental stressors of young adulthood that often lead to anxiety, depression and thoughts of hopelessness. PTSD and OCD are common in this age group and often go untreated. Some have been suffering from delusions or hallucinations from an early age and their families are looking for proper diagnosis, treatment and a roadmap for independent living.

Many in this age group have been self-medicating with alcohol and drugs to alleviate their mental health disorders.

Our program painstakingly reviews prior treatments in conjunction with current symptoms to develop the correct diagnosis and treatment plan. We try to minimize medications in this age group due to the still-developing brain. We provide skill training for independent living such as budget management and cooking. Our team works to improve relationships with family and friends and to develop a long term support network. We help get lives on tract and provide tools to continue education or find productive work.

Our addiction medicine doctor is on hand to treat and secondary substance abuse disorders common in this age group that directly affect their mental health including marijuana, benzodiazepines, alcohol and opiates. Intensive customized therapy is provided every day and clients have a physician visit up to 4 times per week on average. Experiential outings to botanical gardens, sculpture gardens, and museums are provided multiple times per week. Acupuncture, yoga and art therapy is provided as part of our holistic approach.

We also provide a full medical workup with lab testing as needed.
Many of our clients come to us after attempting treatment at substance abuse treatment programs only to realize that what they had really needed was treatment of their underlying mental health disorders.

We strongly welcome family participation, and our medical director will provide regular updates to families (based on consent of the client) and work in tandem with any existing outpatient psychiatrist or doctor that the client might already have.

Treatment is provided with kindness, empathy, dignity, and respect. Each treatment plan is designed by our interdisciplinary team and treatment plans evolve during the course of treatment. We reassess and re-evaluate each patient frequently, in order to help them continue to thrive mentally, emotionally and physically.

We offer the following highly effective treatments for seniors:

• Cognitive Stimulation Therapy: The aim is to actively stimulate and engage seniors while providing an optimal learning environment .
• Grief & Loss Groups: Losses or major life transitions, can bring about feelings of emotional instability and fear. Our program supports these feelings to be openly shared in a respectful, compassionate setting with professional support.
• Music and Art Therapy Groups: Music and Art Therapy offers seniors an opportunity to stimulate memories, connect with creativity and express emotions. It can also become an easier medium to express challenging feelings, especially when going through a transition period, or grieving a loss.
• Stress Management & Relaxation Groups: Goal is to teach our clients techniques to practice relaxation and reduce stress such as mindfulness meditation, guided imagery, breathing exercises.
• Empowerment Groups: Personal empowerment and efficacy can be important in maintaining dignity and healthy, connected relationships. We assist our senior clients find their own personal strengths, positivity and motivation via group exercises, participation, and psychoeducation.

Are you coming from a hospital? We offer an intimate atmosphere. We work with many hospitals to provide a step-down aftercare to seniors who have been treated for a severe acute psychiatric disorder. We are a trusted source for families looking to continue treatment for a loved one after a hospitalization. We offer intensive specialty medical care by a internal medicine doctor, neurologist, pain medicine doctor in addition to a highly experienced psychiatrist.

Our small group setting and beautiful home environment is the perfect setting for mental health recovery. We only accept a small number of clients at a time to ensure each one receives the highest degree of personalized care and one to one attention. We work very closely with families and stay in close communication with them to ensure their valuable input is heard and regular treatment updates are given. Our medical director personally oversees each case and coordinates care to ensure there are no gaps in care.