Mental Health Resources | Charlie Health

The night before school starts, it’s common for kids to lie awake worrying about new teachers, new schedules, or whether their friends will be in their class. Often, those worries disappear after a few weeks once a new routine sets in, but for some kids, they don’t fade. They persist or get worse — showing up as a stomachache every morning, tears at drop-off, withdrawing from...

Levels of care in mental health refers to the different types and intensities of treatment available based on a person’s symptoms, safety needs, and daily functioning. Treatment options range from once-a-week outpatient therapy to 24-hour residential or inpatient care, and people often move between levels within this fluid framework as their needs change.

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For most people entering substance use treatment, addiction isn’t the only thing they’re managing. Depression, anxiety, trauma, and other mental health conditions usually show up alongside substance use, and treating one while referring out for the other can perpetuate a cycle of fragmented, incomplete healing.

That gap in care is most dangerous in the weeks right a...

For a patient with a substance use disorder, being diagnosed is often just the starting point. What happens next depends on further assessment: how severe their use is and what they actually need to recover. The ASAM Criteria is the framework most U.S. addiction treatment providers and payors use to make that assessment and then match it to a specific level of care. Clinician...

When someone is struggling with their mental health, the last thing they need is more stress, like trying to figure out what level of care will actually help them feel better. Put simply, an IOP is a type of treatment consisting of multiple hours of structured therapeutic support per week, including both individual therapy and group sessions.

An IOP offers an oppor...