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Depression Treatment in Long Beach, California

At Ocean View Psychiatric Health Facility, we offer short-term, evidence-based depression symptom stabilization treatment in Long Beach to help individuals 18 and older regain stability and begin the healing process.

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. 

Healing Depression Symptoms in California

Through inpatient, partial hospitalization, or intensive outpatient programs, our team provides personalized care, medication stabilization, and community reintegration strategies to support long-term recovery. Our comprehensive levels of care are designed to offer stability during crises and promote lasting healing with compassionate, stigma-free treatment. Our on-site psychiatrists, case management, and transportation services ensure a seamless experience. We empower clients ages 18+ to manage symptoms effectively and transition smoothly back into daily life and their next level of care.

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Understanding Depression

Depression is one of the most common mental health conditions in the United States. It can interfere with daily life, relationships, and your overall ability to function. At Ocean View Psychiatric Health Facility, we offer short-term, evidence-based depression treatment in Long Beach to help individuals regain stability and begin the healing process.

Sometimes individuals who have taken multiple antidepressants can have treatment-resistant depression. Managing the symptoms of depression or treatment-resistant depression can take several attempts at treatment. Treatment that meets your specific needs can include a combination of talk therapy, group therapy, and medication management.

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. 

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 by providing comprehensive mental health services 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 manage your symptoms alone.

Recognizing the Signs and Symptoms of Depression

Depression can affect both your mood and behavior, often in ways that are hard to detect at first. Common symptoms include:

Emotional

Persistent feelings of sadness or emptiness often dominate a person’s mental state, accompanied by hopelessness, helplessness, or guilt. These intense emotions can lead to irritability, heightened anxiety, or emotional numbness, making it challenging to engage with others or enjoy daily activities. As a result, individuals may withdraw socially, isolating themselves from friends and family.

Behavioral & Physical

Changes in behavior and physical health are also common, with noticeable shifts in appetite and sleep patterns. Concentration becomes challenging, affecting work performance and daily functioning. Fatigue and low energy levels can leave individuals feeling drained, reducing their motivation to participate in activities they once enjoyed or to maintain relationships. Physical symptoms such as headaches, body aches, and digestive issues often accompany these emotional struggles, further exacerbating feelings of discomfort and distress.

Our Levels of Care to Help Provide Relief for Your Depression Symptoms

Inpatient Psychiatric Care

Individuals presenting with psychiatric symptoms can be admitted to Ocean View’s inpatient unit. Because mental health conditions and 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

The medication used to stabilize your symptoms will depend on what you are experiencing and your mental health diagnosis. For example, antipsychotic drugs are the preferred medications for mental health disorders like schizophrenia and symptoms such as psychosis.

An essential component of our inpatient crisis stabilization is monitoring and adjusting your medication if necessary.

Outpatient Levels of Care

Ocean View’s outpatient levels of care follow an inpatient stay or when symptoms aren’t severe 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.

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Partial Hospitalization Program

Our PHP provides 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 integration
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Continued Medication Management Support With Our PHP and IOP

After your acute 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 prepare to return to your life outside of us. Instead, when you first create your personalized 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.  

Types of Depression We Treat

Understanding your diagnosis is the first step in effective depression treatment. Ocean View provides psychiatric support for a range of depressive disorders, including:
  • Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): Persistent sadness, lack of interest, and emotional fatigue lasting more than two weeks
  • Persistent Depressive Disorder (PDD): Chronic depression symptoms lasting two years or more
  • Bipolar Disorder: Fluctuations between depressive episodes and manic highs that may require stabilization
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Seasonal mood changes, especially in the winter months
  • Postnatal Depression: Depression following childbirth, impacting emotional well-being and daily functioning

Do I Need Professional Care?

Without professional care from mental health providers, symptoms of depression may gradually worsen, leading to increased emotional distress, withdrawal from loved ones, self-harming behaviors, or even suicidal thoughts. Early intervention is key. At Ocean View, our team provides compassionate and comprehensive depression treatment in Long Beach, California, helping individuals stabilize, reconnect, and take meaningful steps toward healing.

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FAQs

Will insurance cover the cost of depression treatment?

Yes, insurance does cover mental health treatment for depression. Please check with your provider to see what treatment approaches it covers. When you contact an admissions team member, they will verify your insurance coverage.

The level of care you need to treat your depression depends on the severity of its symptoms. For example, if you’re having thoughts of self-harm, you will need acute psychiatric care in an inpatient treatment center. 

You can seek help for depression with a mental health professional. They can help you identify triggers and stressors through various treatment modalities, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT).

Yes, you can go to an emergency room, contact a healthcare professional, or contact a mental health treatment center directly to be admitted to an inpatient treatment program.

The length of the symptoms of depression depends on the type of depression you’re diagnosed with. For example, the length of these two types can last for:

  • Major depressive disorder: Symptoms of depression can last 6-12 months. However, the length of your symptoms can be shorter or longer.
  • Persistent depressive disorder: This is a chronic type of depression that usually lasts for at least two years. Most symptoms occur throughout the day, several days a week.

No, depression isn’t completely curable, but its symptoms can be managed with mental health care and medication management.

If you are a danger to yourself or others, have thoughts of suicide, thoughts of self-harm, or have attempted suicide, you will need immediate crisis stabilization at a mental health facility or hospital.

The decision to be on medication for the symptoms of depression depends on the severity of your symptoms and your needs. For example, treatment-resistant depression is a form of major depression that hasn’t responded to standard antidepressants. However, other forms of depression may respond well to medication. You can talk to your mental health provider about your symptoms and whether medication will help you.

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