Personality Disorder Treatment in Los Angeles - Casa Serena

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Personality Disorder Treatment in Los Angeles

Personality disorders are a type of mental health disorder. Similar to other mental health disorders, there's a high comorbidity rate between personality and substance use disorders. If you're looking for personality disorder treatment in Los Angeles, consider Casa Serena Treatment. We are a women's only full-service mental health and addiction rehab center, offering comprehensive, evidence-based programs in tune with your needs.

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Understanding Personality Disorders

We all have unique personalities, which are a combination of traits. Personality traits impact how we see and relate to the world around us and how we view ourselves. Your personality traits can help you be flexible even when your environment changes, promote healthy relationships with other people, and put healthy coping mechanisms in place. If your personality traits aren't as adaptive, you may struggle with flexibility and turn to unhealthy coping mechanisms. Our personalities are formed early in life, blending genetics and environmental influences.

If you have a personality disorder, it's considered a mental health disorder. A personality disorder leads to pervasive patterns of seeing yourself and reacting to others in ways that can create problems in your life.

A personality disorder may make it challenging to relate to other people, and it can affect your relationships and functionality in your daily life. Untreated and unmanaged personality disorders can also reduce your quality of life overall.

It's hard for someone to know they have a personality disorder, so you might be seeking LA personality disorder treatment for someone you love. The reason that it's tough to see these disorders in yourself is because it seems normal to you. It's just how you think and how you behave. You or your loved one might blame life's challenges on other people. At Casa Serena, we are a resource if you're seeking personality disorder treatment in Los Angeles. We understand the complexities of treating these disorders so clients can live fulfilling lives and have healthy relationships.

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Types of Personality Disorders

Personality disorders are broadly grouped into three categories.

Group A

Group A personality disorders are characterized by suspicion or a lack of interest in others.

They include:

Paranoid personality disorder: Lacking trust and having suspicion of others.
Schizoid personality disorder: May appear cold or uninterested in other people, limited emotional expression, and the person may choose to be alone most of the time.
Schizotypal: Includes unusual speech, thinking beliefs, or behaviors.

Group B

These disorders include consistent, overly emotional, dramatic, or unpredictable patterns.

Borderline: Symptoms include an intense fear of abandonment, instability in relationships, and feelings of emptiness.
Histrionic: Someone with a histrionic personality disorder is overly dramatic and emotional, always seeking attention, and has shallow emotions.
Narcissistic: The personality disorder causes someone to believe they’re more important and special than other people. They expect favors and often take advantage of other people.
Antisocial personality disorder: Includes little concern for other people’s needs and often violates the law. Symptoms can also include impulsivity and violence.

Group C

These disorders include anxious thinking and behaviors that are consistently dysfunctional.

Avoidant personality disorder: Someone may be very sensitive to rejection or criticism, isolate themselves, and dislike meeting new people.
Dependent: A person with dependent personality disorder might rely on others too much and is clingy and submissive.
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder: Focuses on orderliness and details to an extreme and gets upset when something isn’t seen as perfect.

Whether you’re seeking a Los Angeles personality disorder center for yourself or someone you care about, reach out to Casa Serena Treatment to learn about our programs for women.

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Understanding Personality Disorders

We all have unique personalities, which are a combination of traits. Personality traits impact how we see and relate to the world around us and how we view ourselves. Your personality traits can help you be flexible even when your environment changes, promote healthy relationships with other people, and put healthy coping mechanisms in place. If your personality traits aren't as adaptive, you may struggle with flexibility and turn to unhealthy coping mechanisms. Our personalities are formed early in life, blending genetics and environmental influences.

If you have a personality disorder, it's considered a mental health disorder. A personality disorder leads to pervasive patterns of seeing yourself and reacting to others in ways that can create problems in your life.

A personality disorder may make it challenging to relate to other people, and it can affect your relationships and functionality in your daily life. Untreated and unmanaged personality disorders can also reduce your quality of life overall.

It's hard for someone to know they have a personality disorder, so you might be seeking LA personality disorder treatment for someone you love. The reason that it's tough to see these disorders in yourself is because it seems normal to you. It's just how you think and how you behave. You or your loved one might blame life's challenges on other people. At Casa Serena, we are a resource if you're seeking personality disorder treatment in Los Angeles. We understand the complexities of treating these disorders so clients can live fulfilling lives and have healthy relationships.

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Personality Disorders and Addiction

Any time someone has a mental health disorder, including a personality disorder, it puts them at a higher risk of a substance use disorder or addiction. There are common symptoms, risk factors, and treatments for these conditions. For example, someone with a personality disorder could have issues with impulsivity that make them more likely to use substances in dangerous ways. Self-medication could be an issue, and similar brain pathways are involved in these conditions. A dual-diagnosis treatment center can help with co-occurring disorders at the same time, greatly improving recovery outcomes. If you'd like more information about dual diagnosis and evidence-based personality disorder treatment in Los Angeles, our team at Casa Serena Treatment can help.

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How to Get Help

Casa Serena Treatment is a Santa Barbara women's center. We offer treatment for mental health, personality, and substance use disorders. We work on helping women get to the underlying root causes of their mental health and addiction struggles. Since our programs are specifically for women, we look at some commonalities you may share with other clients, such as a history of trauma. Trauma is one of the number one risk factors for women to develop a substance use disorder and mental health disorders. Gender-specific treatment allows you to get the spiritual, emotional, and physical care you need in a safe, supportive environment. Contact our Santa Barbara team to learn more about our programs and levels of care and how you can get started or help someone you love.

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