ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., June 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- D'Amore Healthcare founder Britten Devereux delivered remarks at the fourth annual 2018 Summit for Clinical Excellence, a conference for treatment and recovery providers and medical professionals, where she spoke about the need to integrate screen stress and brain research when writing treatment plans for patients with mental health disorders.
"Self-regulation and self-management are critical components to mental health, self-efficacy and social connectivity. But our modern habits are corrosive, changing mood, cognition and behavior. The lights and stimuli from screens stress our anatomy, and screen time causes repeated stress on the central nervous system. Such stress makes underlying mental health disorders more difficult to diagnose and treat," Devereux said. "Looking at the brain reveals that our clinical practices must be flexible, adaptive, curious, energetic and stable to treat today's patient. While we come to grips with behaviors that have us dysregulated, we need to integrate this research to write a realistic treatment plan and reduce patients' anxiety."
In her address, "The Neuromechanics of Screen Time: Understanding the Brain, Dysregulation and Solutions for Overall Mental Health", Devereux discussed concepts around scarcity, process addiction, comorbidity and healthcare in terms of long-term needs. She stressed the importance of treating patients with dignity and focusing on positive reinforcement and what she coined, "Gracious Redundancy(sm)."
About D'Amore Healthcare
Founded by visionary and recovery services veterans, Rick Cortese, Britten Devereux, John Emma and Devin O'Day, D'Amore Healthcare Specializes in Crisis Stabilization, Residential Mental Health, Detoxification and Dual Diagnosis Treatment. Located in the sunny, southern California beach communities of Orange County, its treatment centers are Joint Commission accredited and licensed by the State of California Department of Health Care Services and Department of Social Services. D'Amore Healthcare specializes in treating mental health and behavioral illness along with the wide variety of addictions, such as alcoholism, opiate addiction, cocaine addiction, crystal meth addiction, and prescription drug use. D'Amore also provides alternative therapies, such as equine therapy, play therapy and music therapy. D'Amore Healthcare accepts most PPO insurance along with private pay options.
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