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Aloha Integrative Health is excited to bring an innovative model of care to the wonderful community of San Diego. We aim to become a part of our patients’ stories, and welcome everyone who is seeking relief and renewed purpose. Please enjoy our integrative health blog, where you’ll find information to support and enhance your personal journey towards health, happiness and wellbeing.
The Importance of a Proper Diagnosis & Understanding Adolescent Therapy Services
Mental health problems affect approximately 14 million children and adolescents in the United States. These mental health disorders are not specific to gender, race, or socioeconomic status. When children and adolescents do not receive the care that they need when...
ADHD Disorder: How to Increase Focus Inside and Outside the Classroom
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) usually develops during childhood and is characterized by problems with attention, impulse control, and hyperactivity. These symptoms can make it hard for children with this diagnosis to do well in school. Children with...
Healing From Trauma: How Reiki May Be The Key
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious anxiety disorder that is brought on by memories of a stressful event. It is often associated with people who have been exposed to war or terrorism, but PTSD can result from any traumatic experience such as childhood...
When It’s More Than Baby Blues: From Postpartum to Perinatal Depression
Postpartum depression - the depression that occurs in new mothers after their baby is born - may be better known, but depression during pregnancy is more common than experts thought. There now is a new term for prenatal depression before the baby is born and...
Nutritional Psychiatry: Does Diet Dictate Depression?
When it comes to mental health and specifically depression, one of the most overlooked aspects is nutrition. What we eat not only plays a significant role in our physical health but our mental and emotional health as well. Until recently, little emphasis has been...
How GeneSight Can Improve Testing and Lead to Improved Patient Outcomes
There is a new test available for mental health professionals to assist in the development of a treatment plan to help tackle mental illness. GeneSight is an advanced genetic testing tool that can be used to analyze DNA in order to get customized medication...
Let’s Talk About Mental Health and Substance Abuse in the LGBTQ+ Community
Since 1999, American society has observed Pride Month, a presidential declaration that started during the administration of former United States President Bill Clinton. This was set to coincide with similar periods of awareness held by many other countries that seek...
Mental Health Resources: What Parents Should Know
For the adolescent population, poor mental health is a growing problem. The teen years are supposed to be formative years, but physical, emotional, and social changes can make adolescents vulnerable to mental health problems. Protecting adolescents from adversity,...
How to Reduce Family Stress and Ease Anxiety
Families share everything from groceries to gripes to the very air they breathe. Living together behind the same four walls knits people’s lives together on every imaginable level. It comes as no surprise, then, that stress is also infectious among family members....
The Signs of Mental Illness are More Difficult to Spot and Treat than a Broken Bone
When you break a bone, you know something is wrong. You keel over in pain and may even scream out. Anyone watching knows you need medical attention and may even reach for their phone to call you an ambulance The signs of mental illness, though, are not so clear....
You’ve Heard of Work-Life Balance, But What About School-Life Balance? The Importance of a Mental Health Day.
Whether you’re in high school, college, or a graduate-level program, being a student can be highly demanding at the best of times. With the additional challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, having to shuffle between remote and in-person learning while...
What Contributed to the Rise in ADHD Diagnoses and What to Do Next
In the United States, the number of children receiving an ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) diagnosis has increased significantly in recent years. Between 2012 and 2020, the rate of positive diagnoses went up 30 percent, suggesting a rise in behavioral...
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