The Outpatient Co-occurring Disorders Treatment program at Comprehensive Healthcare in Yakima has been recognized by the state of Washington as a Dual Diagnosis Enhanced program. During the state surveys that took place in July, Comprehensive Healthcare scored 4.83 out of five, of which only 1 percent of the surveyed programs in the state of Washington […]
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All stories of recovery are unique. For Gino Lister, recovery has been a journey of falling (falling a lot and falling hard) but finding the courage to get back up. When Gino was a child, he, his step-father (Gino’s primary father figure) and mother moved from the Yakama Nation to Boston. When he was young, […]
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“I always felt like I didn’t deserve to get help, I just felt like I was a bad person. Why do I keep doing this? Why do I keep hurting my family and betraying everybody?” Each recovery story is different, and for some, it is not just an addiction that is presenting challenges. Sometimes we […]
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Comprehensive Healthcare Achieves Behavioral Health Care Accreditation from the Joint Commission
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omprehensive Healthcare today announced it has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Behavioral Health Care Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal of Approval® is a symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s commitment to providing safe, high quality and effective care. “Comprehensive Healthcare decisively seeks the input of outside agencies […]
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by: Debbie Brockman, Program Manager, ASPEN Victim Advocacy Services April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The goal is to raise awareness about sexual violence, the impact it has on our communities, and to educate the community about how to prevent it. This year Sexual Assault Awareness Month is celebrating its 18th anniversary with the theme […]
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Get Up and Get Moving One of the most effective treatments for depression is behavioral activation. Behavioral activation has its roots in Behavioral Therapy but now is regularly used as a component of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Depressive symptoms include lack of motivation, tiredness, social withdrawal and worrying which can all contribute to a decrease […]
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Navigating the challenges of parenting is difficult enough when everyone lives in the same house. When parents separate or divorce, those challenges multiply. There are a few things parents can do to ensure that children and teens cope with the stress of a changing family structure and maintain healthy bonds with both parents. Do love […]
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Ron Gengler, Chief Clnical Officer As a counselor in Yakima for 23 years, I get calls from folks asking who I think would be a good counselor for them. I learned a long time ago to only give the names of counselors I would trust with my own children. There are counselors that make me a […]
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“Behavioral healthcare” is becoming a commonly used term in the realm of healthcare. But what is behavioral healthcare, really? I discovered that the answer depends on when the question was asked. “Behavioral health” in the 70’s and 80’s referred primarily to behaviors that prevented illness and promoted health. Like the things your mom taught you […]