Treatment Centers

[David]

Well it turns out that Lake Chelan has closed their Trauma Treatment
Center and I am getting disturbing vibes about Del Amo in Torrence,
CA. Apparently, the facility in Torrence using an institutional
setting with many restrictive and controlled methods of operations.
If you (like me) have every been institutionalized in a mental
facility, you know what I mean. If not, just watch "The One Who Flew
Over the CooCoo's Nest."

Prescribed Panic treatment centers generally understand panic and
agoraphobia as:

Discrete periods of intense fear or discomfort that are accompanied by
at least four of the following thirteen symptoms:

1. palpitations, pounding heart, or accelerated heart rate
2. sweating
3. trembling or shaking
4. sensations of shortness of breath or smothering
5. feeling of choking
6. chest pain or discomfort
7. nausea or abdominal distress
8. feeling dizzy, unsteady, lightheaded or faint
9. derealization (feeling of unreality) or depersonalization
(feeling detached from oneself)
10. fear of losing control or going crazy
11. fear of dying
12. parathesias (numbness or tingling sensations)
13. chills or hot flushes

Panic Attacks can occur within the context of any of the anxiety
disorders, but when the focus of attention is upon the panic attack
itself you may have Panic Disorder. Panic Disorder is characterized by
recurrent unexpected Panic Attacks followed by at least one month of
persistent concern about having additional attacks and worry about the
implications of having the attacks. Typical worries might be fear of
losing control, having a heart attack or going crazy.

Panic Disorder can be accompanied by Agoraphobia. Agoraphobia is fear
of being in any situation from which escape might be difficult or
embarrassing or in which it might be difficult to get help if
something were to go wrong. These situations are either avoided
completely or are endured with marked distress. Typical situations
that might bother someone with Agoraphobia include being outside the
home alone, standing in a line, crossing bridges or riding in buses,
trains or cars.


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I will be checking further into the following resources for possible
treatment:

1. ) http://www.anxietypanic.com/

2.) Boston College Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders
Bonnie Brown (nurse administrator) or Todd Farchione, Ph.D.
(program coordinator)
(617) 353-9610 http://www.bu.edu/card/clinical/intpan.html

3.) http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/understanding-panic-attack-treatment

4.) Casa Palmera - 866.768.6719 (San Diego)
http://www.casapalmera.com/treatments/trauma-treatment.php

5.) ANACAPA by the Sea
307 E. Clara St.
Port Hueneme CA 93041
Info 800-989-4649
http://www.anacapabythesea.com/
Clinical Director: Nate Newman

6.) http://www.sidran.org/

7.) http://www.edtreatmentcenters.com/panic-attack-treatment.php