Alison Malmon knows the heartbreak of suicide first hand. Her older brother Brian committed suicide in March 2000 after struggling with untreated depression and psychosis throughout college. Brian did not seek help initially because of the stigma associated with mental illness. Malmon has said that Brian feared his mental illness. A year and a half [...]

As we near the end of 2010, all of us here would like to extend a sincere thank you for your continued support of our programs.  Being in the business of helping others can sometimes have its challenges, but knowing you helped a fellow human being is its own reward.  As we move into the [...]

Caring for a family member with serious mental illness can be draining and consuming. Often, in the search for answers, solutions, and care, the well being of other family members becomes inadvertently secondary. However, the impact of attention focused on a sibling, the strain on parents, and even the impact of family dynamics on the [...]

Parents dealing with the severe mental illness of a child may feel alone, however a National Institute of Mental Health study published in the October issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry reports that about 20 percent of U.S. youth will be affected by some type of mental disorder [...]

Pasadena Villa® is committed to providing the highest quality residential mental health services via its Orlando, Florida, and Tennessee mental health treatment centers. A cornerstone of treatment is our Social Integration Model. The Social Integration Program is filled with a variety of physical, social, and life skill therapies. This active schedule is beneficial to clients [...]

When Ron Artest stepped to the lectern in the interview room after the Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA’s 2010 title, he surprised most people by including his psychologist in his thank yous. Afterwards, he wasn’t sure if he would become a joke for late night comedians or what other kind of backlash he might [...]

Pasadena Villa has inpatient residential treatment facilities located in Orlando, Florida and the Tennessee Smoky Mountains. We treat a variety of mental health clinical diagnoses, including: schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, schizoaffective disorder, asperger’s syndrome, autism spectrum disorders, and co-occurring substance abuse or addiction. We recently hosted our Inaugural Educational Family Summit in Orlando. During the [...]

Equine therapy is such a unique experiential therapy model as sessions are never the same.  Often, our residents will approach therapy with one preconceived idea, however their actions will portray another idea and finally the horse(s) will show some other dynamic that was not seen initially.  Horses mirror our experiences by showing us what we [...]

Stressed, out-of-control, angry, frustrated, pained, exhausted, confused – these are just some of the emotions a family with a mentally ill loved one may experience.  Families new to dealing with mental illness and “veteran” families both look for ways to maintain healthy individual and family lives and relationships despite the ongoing needs and even disruption [...]

Those involved in the care and treatment of the mentally ill know that mental illness is one of the most significant healthcare issues in the United States, and can probably cite most of the statistics: One half of all life-time cases of mental illness begin by age 17 and three-quarters by age 24* Despite effective [...]