Behavioral Health Program

2010

People with developmental disabilities, special medical, physical or learning challenges, can do their best when they feel their best. Behavioral Health is one of the services at WIHD that helps adults and children find ways to feel better and do better. The WIHD Behavioral Health program recognizes that all people can have worries or behaviors that prevent them from participating as fully in life as they would like. Our services are geared to working on ways to change that. The services offered at the Behavioral Health program at WIHD are for adults or children with new or existing problems that interfere with their ability to manage school, work, or home life. These problems are often described as: * anger, aggression, restlessness, lack of cooperation * self-injurious behavior(s) * sadness, anxiety, sleepiness, loss of appetite, lack of enjoyment of activities * loneliness, isolation, avoidance of people and activities * compulsive thinking, repetitive behavior Services are provided by professionals including psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers, including bi-lingual psychiatrists.

mental health, developmental disabilities

Health-Related Activities

Family Members/Caregivers, Adults with Disabilities, Children/Adolescents with Disabilities/SHCN

Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances, Limited English, Specific Groups

Mulit-County

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