mental health problems are very prevalent in our society they are the
second biggest cause of disability across the world common human
afflictions like depression chronic anxiety substance abuse really affect
the lives of our patients the challenge we all face is that mental health is
oftentimes a lifelong condition that requires a lot of effort it requires a
change in lifestyle it requires a therapy it requires hard work in the
struggle of facing our demons and we appreciate that if you see seem to go
home people feel like they're alone and can have these thoughts and have feelings that
no one's going to be able to understand or relate to or they're going to be able
to get any help with but I can assure you that there's a lot of help out there
and there's a lot of treatment that will be available to help people with these
feelings and these thoughts and these symptoms to improve and get better UC
San Diego health is really committed to personalized care that means taking the
best research evidence combining it with the unique circumstances of each person
and then bringing in a compassionate comprehensive health care system to
really help the persons get well again we bring the science and the scientists
to the clinic to the bedside to provide evidence-based treatments
could use techniques like virtual reality to assist in the treatment of
people with post-traumatic stress disorder we are not simply applying things that other
people have found we are developing the future for our patients 15 percent of
women experience some sort of mood or anxiety disorder and pregnancy and up to 20%
in the postpartum period however a lot of moms just don't understand when they
are having symptoms a lot of new moms think it's normal when we had our fourth
daughter it was extremely stressful and it was a
result of I believe a lot of changes in our life and I became much more worried
much more anxious I would become extremely suspicious that
something bad was going to happen a lot of people come in feeling very
overwhelmed or having really guilty thoughts some people even have really
scary intrusive thoughts there's a certain point where it's affecting or
impairing a moms ability to take care of herself and take care of her child
I had gotten to see dr. reminick after about five months of dealing with these
symptoms she immediately recognized them and I remember that first sense of
relief we were on the right path finally to getting better because I at least had
a diagnosis she wasn't just concerned about me she was concerned about my
family as well which I felt was crucial in me getting better we really form a
relationship and a bond here in this clinic that I don't think patients
experience anywhere else they specialized in meeting my needs and
getting me back on track to health giving me the peace of mind that even if
recovery is far off that it's still possible there are powerful alterations
of the brain that are contributing to why people have eating disorders these
are disorders that affect all people all ethnicities and we treat whoever needs
help tried like every sport Under the Sun volleyball lacross, gymnastics, cheerleading,
soccer so once I stopped playing sports and I was getting older I gained
more weight it just wasn't normal for me by any means I wasn't overweight ever
but it was an unnatural feeling for me since I had been so active my whole life
I'd eat the same things would I eat less and less and less and less until I was
eating like almost nothing it was all seemed fairly reasonable until overnight
it was not over it was terrifying even though I know now it was anorexic I had
no clue what's going on they're really focused on including all of your support
that you may have friends family whoever that may be well we often find that we
can treat people with eating disorders that might otherwise need a residential or
inpatient program because we have a wide variety of
of staff here psychologists they're skilled in in therapies we have
psychiatrists that are skilled in medication and medical care and we have
dietitians in our kitchen when I first started recovering I
thought that I could recover but I never thought that I would enjoy food again
standing here now I never thought I would be here when I was 17 I didn't
want to enjoy food ever again now I traveled Asia eating all the new food
was the part I was most excited for we'll be at a restaurant or will be
cooking when you're like she can't believe we're just like normal people
who never had any you know an eating disorder in our family
we at UC San Diego health have the best clinicians and researchers that can
focus on your specific problem we think we are in the best position to help
people particularly those suffering from more complicated conditions
to heal themselves