Rogers has been a leader in the mental health and addiction field, collecting patient assessments for more than two decades. Scientists at the Rogers Research Center are using that data to help improve the effectiveness and efficiency of mental health practices.
If a friend or loved one tells you they’ve been in treatment for mental health or addiction, you may be wondering about the best way to respond. Rogers’ Sue McKenzie Dicks, vice president of healthy culture at Rogers Behavioral Health, shares some common missteps and supportive things to say so your friend or loved one feels validated and understood.
Research shows that family involvement plays a crucial role in treatment for mental health and addiction. To address this need, Rogers recently opened the Ladish Co. Foundation Center on the main campus in Oconomowoc.
Whether it’s inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, or intensive outpatient care, nurses play a crucial role in our mission of providing evidence-based mental health and addiction treatment that transforms lives.
Rogers’ residential care has been helping people of all ages and backgrounds rise above their mental health and addiction challenges for more than a century. Residential care specialists interact with patients every day and play an important role on the multidisciplinary treatment team.
Hear from two Rogers team members about the role therapists play and how they’re empowered to rise above in their career in psychiatric care.
A key part of our therapeutic approach to helping patients overcome their mental health challenges is family therapy. Learn more about family therapy from a Rogers therapist.
During this time of increased stress and anxiety, those dealing with mental illness and addiction may find it especially hard to cope with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mental health issues can also worsen in a crisis. To meet this critical need, Rogers Behavioral Health is continuing to provide highly specialized, evidence-based treatment through a new virtual resource that gives children, teens, and adults the same clinically proven treatment they would receive in person.
Over 400 social workers (comprised of our licensed therapists) make up the Rogers team across the system. As Jonna Pestka, LCSW, social services manager in Oconomowoc explains, this role serves as a critical component of the patient’s treatment team.
The winter blues, winter funk, winter depression, seasonal affective disorder—it’s known by many names and whatever you call it, it can be debilitating. Most commonly known to the public as SAD, this is one of the most common subsets of depression. Natalie Scanlon, PhD, clinical supervisor of Rogers’ Focus Depression Recovery adult residential care, offers some insight on the differences between SAD and depression.
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