Psychiatric Care for Anger Management in Los Angeles
Ocean View Psychiatric Health Facility specializes in treating individuals aged 18 and older. We focus on providing acute psychiatric care for individuals facing mental health crises, ensuring appropriate and effective care.
Insurance and Payment Options
Ocean View Psychiatric Health Facility accepts most major insurance providers, including Medicare and private insurance plans such as Aetna. We do not accept Medicaid. Our admissions team is available 24/7 to verify your plan’s benefits and help you take the next step. We also accept private pay.
Our Long Beach Location
Acute psychiatric crisis stabilization is conveniently located in Long Beach, California. Patients can remain in Southern California, close to several cities, including Los Angeles.
Understanding How Anger Relates to Underlying Mental Health Issues
Anger can be a reaction to traumatic events, when a person feels betrayed or mistreated, or in stressful situations, and it can also serve as a way to cope with other emotions. Research shows that past traumatic experiences can contribute to difficulties with emotional regulation, including intense anger in some individuals.
Signs & Symptoms of Anger Issues
Recognizing the signs and symptoms of an anger issue can be difficult because it’s normal to express anger in specific situations. However, it is essential to pay attention to how you or a loved one expresses anger. Anger issues are often linked to:
- Verbal or Physical Abuse: When a patient frequently and violently releases their anger by being verbally or physically abusive, they should seek help.
- Chronic Anger: Persistent anger is a pattern of intense, often unexplainable hostility, irritation, or resentment. Chronic anger can be harmful to your physical and emotional well-being. The root causes can be chronic stress, negative thoughts, and unresolved trauma.
- Uncontrollable Anger: Some individuals may struggle to explain or control their anger. When anger is left uncontrolled, it can have a profoundly negative impact on daily life.
- Cause Regret: Everyone does or says things they later regret. However, a person with anger issues will regularly say or do things that hurt others, then feel regret for their words or actions.
- Easily Irritated or Upset: The most minor things or a petty reaction to a situation are common for those with anger issues.
Some individuals may struggle with emotional regulation or have limited communication skills. When someone struggles to manage their emotions or express their thoughts to others, it can be frustrating and lower their self-esteem.
Feeling misunderstood or unable to regulate their feelings can lead to irritability and anger. These issues can increase the risk of developing anger issues.
Experiencing anger is a normal, natural emotion, and expressing it can be a healthy outlet. However, if a person doesn’t learn healthy coping strategies, these symptoms can become harmful.
Feeling misunderstood or unable to regulate their feelings can lead to irritability and anger. These issues can increase the risk of developing anger issues.
Experiencing anger is a normal, natural emotion, and expressing it can be a healthy outlet. However, if a person doesn’t learn healthy coping strategies, these symptoms can become harmful.
When It’s Time to Seek Help
Seeking help for anger issues is vital not only for the well-being of those around you but also for your own. Anger, if left untreated, can hurt your relationships and daily life. Untreated anger issues can lead to the development of destructive behaviors or emotions. A few examples of anger issue symptoms include:
- Causing Harm: Anger that escalates into physical aggression, verbal threats, or self-directed harm can signal a need for a higher level of psychiatric support.
- Harmful Thought Patterns: Negative thought patterns can increase the likelihood of adopting an all-or-nothing outlook, blaming others, expecting perfection, and viewing events as catastrophes even when they’re not.
Other symptoms that can signal you need help for anger issues include physical symptoms such as:
- Calming down is difficult
- Racing heart, and headaches
If you experience any of these symptoms, you can contact Ocean View to discuss whether acute psychiatric support may be appropriate.
You should immediately seek emergency or acute psychiatric care if anger escalates to violent threats, self-harm, or suicidal thoughts or behaviors.
You should immediately seek emergency or acute psychiatric care if anger escalates to violent threats, self-harm, or suicidal thoughts or behaviors.
Getting Started Is Easy
Step 1:
Contact a Representative
Call to speak with an Ocean View representative. Alternatively, you can visit our website to chat or contact one of our admissions team members via email.
Step 2:
Verify
Insurance
When you speak with one of our admission team members, you will answer a few questions while they verify your insurance.
Step 3:
Schedule Admission
Once your insurance is approved, we will determine if you require acute psychiatric care and schedule your admission.
Take the First Step Toward Healing
We’re here to help you find stability for your mental health symptoms. Contact us today to learn more about our program.
How Our Program Differs
We know you’re different from anyone else, so we offer acute mental health care that meets your unique needs. With Ocean View, you’ll experience stabilization-focused care that provides structure and support without stigma. With your input, we build partnerships with medical and behavioral health services so you can transition from us to your daily life. We do this through providing comprehensive mental health services that are accessible to everyone.
- On-site Team of Psychiatrists: Our on-site psychiatrists provide medication stabilization, monitoring, and management. Your well-being is vital throughout your stay in our inpatient mental health crisis facility and our outpatient services.
- Case Management & Aftercare Support: Case management begins when you’re admitted to either our inpatient or outpatient program. Our case managers and social workers ensure you have a safe place to go, whether that’s housing or a facility, once you leave us.
- Transportation Coordination Provided: We offer transportation services coordinated with a trusted provider that takes you to and from inpatient intake, discharge destinations, as well as transportation to/from our on-site outpatient programs. *Transportation is provided to patients within a 50-mile radius
- Stabilization for Managing Psychiatric Symptoms: Ocean View provides 24/7 inpatient psychiatric care. We also have outpatient treatment programs.
- Patient Resource Network: Transitioning from inpatient or outpatient treatment can be overwhelming. That’s why we have an opt-in patient follow-up option. You don’t have to be alone in managing your symptoms.
Our Levels of Care to Help Provide Relief for Your Mental Health Symptoms
Understanding the different levels of care available can help you make informed decisions about your mental health treatment. At Ocean View, we offer comprehensive options tailored to meet varying needs, from intensive inpatient programs to supportive outpatient services. Our goal is to provide the appropriate level of care to promote recovery and stability.
Inpatient Psychiatric Care
Individuals presenting with psychiatric symptoms can be admitted to Ocean View’s inpatient unit. Because mental health challenges present in a variety of ways, some of the criteria for admission include:
- Insomnia, racing thoughts, impulsivity, rapid or pressured speech
- Abnormal bouts of euphoric energy
- Reckless behavior or making decisions that affect an individual’s safety or well-being
- Inability to provide shelter, food, and safety as a result of mental impairment
- Helplessness, hopelessness
- Suicidal or homicidal ideations
- Psychosis
- Self-harming behaviors
Once you’re admitted, your team will develop a treatment plan that includes aftercare planning. Your treatment plan will be evaluated daily to reflect clinical improvement and make adjustments as needed.
Personalized Care
Ocean View’s inpatient program provides personalized, empathetic, comprehensive care. Our care team provides:
- Licensed Psychiatric Care
- 24/7 Nursing and Monitoring
- 6 Daily Group Sessions
- Psychoeducational groups that focus on understanding acute psychosis and its symptoms
- Therapeutic recreation sessions that support emotional regulation and engagement through structured activities such as art, painting, and music
- Coping skills development to help with symptom management and quieting negative thoughts or feelings
- Patients are placed in groups based on the severity of their symptoms
Medication Stabilization
Medication management is a key part of our inpatient crisis stabilization, where medications are carefully reviewed and prescribed based on each individual’s medical history, needs, and potential side effects. If a patient is experiencing agitation or other symptoms, appropriate medications may be used to help manage these issues safely. Continuous monitoring allows our healthcare team to make adjustments as needed to ensure optimal care and safety throughout treatment.
Outpatient Levels of Care
Ocean View’s outpatient levels of care follow an inpatient stay or when symptoms aren’t acute enough to warrant hospitalization. Once your symptoms are evaluated, you will be admitted to either our partial hospitalization program (PHP) or intensive outpatient program (IOP). Both levels of care provide a safe, structured care that supports your symptom management.
Partial Hospitalization Program
Our PHP is a more structured level of care than our IOP. While here, you will engage in care that increases your coping skills and independence. The structured care includes:
- Four group sessions a day that meet five days a week
- Sessions that include a psychoeducational group led by a social worker and a therapeutic recreation support session led by a recreation therapist
- Case management
- Snacks and lunch
Intensive Outpatient Program
While our IOP is a structured level of care, we focus on providing the same secure, enjoyable, and compassionate care found in our inpatient and PHP levels of care. However, we also include:
- Focused Coping Skills
- Community Reintegration
Continued Medication Management Support With Our PHP and IOP
After your acute psychosis symptoms and medication are stabilized, you will transition to a lower level of care, and you will receive medication management services. Both our PHP and IOP provide continued medication management under the care of our psychiatric team.
Aftercare & Opt-In Patient Follow-Up
Your aftercare plan isn’t developed as you approach returning to your life away from us. When you first create your treatment plan, you start planning your transition back into the real world. Our treatment team understands the importance of an individualized aftercare plan that addresses issues you face in the real world. Our personalized approach includes:
- Case manager support
- Outpatient transitions
- Housing or facility placements
- Community support referrals
Our Opt-In Patient Follow-Up (Patient Resource Network) continues to provide support and encouragement after you transition back into your life.
Referral Information
Ocean View accepts referrals from doctors, psychologists, and psychiatrists. You will be actively involved in your patient’s care and treatment, allowing you to continue their psychiatric care with you. You can contact us at any time to learn more about our services for mental health crises.
Contact Our Admissions Team
Our dedicated team is available 24/7 to answer your questions, assist with the intake process, and guide you towards the appropriate level of care. We are committed to making your transition as smooth and stress-free as possible.
FAQs
Does insurance pay for anger management?
Insurance plans may cover treatment for an anger management program if the anger issues meet specific criteria.
Coverage of anger issue treatment may depend on where a patient receives crisis stabilization. The insurer may cover treatment if the provider is considered in-network and the treatment is medically necessary. It is a symptom of a diagnosed mental health disorder like depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder.
You can contact your insurance provider or let one of Ocean View Psychiatric Health Facility’s admission team members verify your coverage for treatment of anger issues.
Do your levels of care include family support?
Yes, we recognize the vital role of family support in mental health recovery. While Ocean View provides short-term crisis stabilization, we also work to involve families through support groups and family education. Our goal is to help patients and their loved ones build a strong support system that promotes lasting change and stability. Family participation is encouraged to foster positive outcomes and ongoing progress.
Can I refer my patient to Ocean View Psychiatric Health Facility?
Yes. We welcome referrals from healthcare professionals who want to ensure their patients receive specialized psychiatric crisis care. Our team collaborates closely with referring providers to facilitate a seamless transition into our facility. We are dedicated to working with you to support your patients’ mental health needs efficiently and compassionately.
Are anger issues curable?
While anger issues aren’t curable, they can be managed with long-term therapeutic support provided in outpatient or community settings. During crisis stabilization at Ocean View, the focus is on helping patients regain immediate emotional and behavioral stability so they can safely continue treatment with an appropriate provider after discharge.
Long-term anger management typically involves outpatient psychotherapy and other ongoing supports, which Ocean View does not provide. However, patients in our inpatient program may learn short-term coping strategies that support safety, emotional regulation, and stabilization during an acute psychiatric crisis.
What is the root cause of anger?
Is anger a trauma response?