Mental Health

Information and insights to help you better understand and treat a wide array mental or behavioral health conditions

  • Providence Swedish mental health programs offer intensive, flexible care

    Providence Swedish mental health programs offer intensive, flexible care

    Our partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient treatment programs provide support for patients with acute psychiatric care needs. Watch the short video to learn more.

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  • The Somali Health Board is working to end the stigma of mental health challenges

    The Somali Health Board is working to end the stigma of mental health challenges

    Providence Swedish is a proud partner and supporter of this work in the immigrant community.

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  • Tip the stress scale in your favor

    Tip the stress scale in your favor

    A Swedish mental health expert shares an exercise that can give you a short, stress-lowering break.

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  • At Swedish Ballard, care and support for adults with acute psychiatric needs

    At Swedish Ballard, care and support for adults with acute psychiatric needs

    Watch video: our Partial Hospitalization Program offers patients an empowering, multidisciplinary day-treatment program to help them reach their treatment goals.

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  • How to brave the winter — and seasonal affective disorder

    How to brave the winter — and seasonal affective disorder

    Seasonal affective disorder may leave you feeling down all winter long. But with advice from a Swedish expert, you can get your energy back.

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  • Try Dry January for a physical and mental health reset

    Try Dry January for a physical and mental health reset

    Advice from a Swedish expert that can help you change your relationship with alcohol.

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  • Empathy, love and compassion are essential for patients with chronic pain and those who care for them

    Empathy, love and compassion are essential for patients with chronic pain and those who care for them

    Providence Swedish experts share some advice for building supportive relationships between patients, caregivers and loved ones.

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  • Watch video: Start the new year with more self-love

    Watch video: Start the new year with more self-love

    Make the year ahead one of compassion and care for yourself by practicing this simple meditation exercise.

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  • Haga que la alegría sea una prioridad y alivie el estrés navideño

    Haga que la alegría sea una prioridad y alivie el estrés navideño

    La temporada navideña puede sentirse como un torbellino de actividades y eventos. Aprenda a priorizar la alegría, a reducir el estrés y a disfrutar al máximo esta época.

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  • Watch video: Relieve anxiety with belly breathing

    Watch video: Relieve anxiety with belly breathing

    A Swedish behavioral health expert explains how it works and demonstrates the technique.

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  • Watch video: Move a muscle, change a thought

    Watch video: Move a muscle, change a thought

    A Swedish expert explains how different physical activities can affect our emotions and moods.

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  • Watch video: Need a mindset reset? Connect with gratitude.

    Watch video: Need a mindset reset? Connect with gratitude.

    Taking a moment to express thanks for what's meaningful in your life can build connection and soothe an anxious mind.

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  • Watch video: Sing a little song to help quiet jangly nerves

    Watch video: Sing a little song to help quiet jangly nerves

    A Swedish behavioral health expert shares a musical technique to help us reduce stress and anxiety.

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  • What to do when gun violence headlines leave you feeling afraid and hopeless

    What to do when gun violence headlines leave you feeling afraid and hopeless

    A Swedish behavioral health expert shares ways to protect our mental health when the news is overwhelming.

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  • Spiritual care: A critical component of whole-person health

    Spiritual care: A critical component of whole-person health

    This year’s Spiritual Care Week focus is on the intersection of spiritual and behavioral health care. Learn more.

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  • Providence teams up with Renton public schools to strengthen student access to mental health services

    Providence teams up with Renton public schools to strengthen student access to mental health services

    Watch video: Funding from our Well Being Trust supports the availability of virtual therapy services for all grade levels, from pre-K through 12th-grade.

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  • Healthy romantic relationships may lead to a healthier life

    Healthy romantic relationships may lead to a healthier life

    A psychotherapist from Swedish answers common relationship questions and offers tips to improve communication and argue effectively.

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  • Watch video: Balance is the key to meeting life's demands in a healthy way

    Watch video: Balance is the key to meeting life's demands in a healthy way

    A Swedish behavioral health expert offers guidance for finding our way back to center when life feels overwhelming.

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  • Watch video: Feeling extreme stress? Try the diver's reflex.

    Watch video: Feeling extreme stress? Try the diver's reflex.

    A Swedish behavioral health expert explains this polyvagal technique targeting our parasympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for relaxing our body after a period of stress or danger.

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  • National Recovery Month highlights hope for addiction

    National Recovery Month highlights hope for addiction

    Learn about the current state of the addiction crisis in America and new tools to help with recovery, including treatments and peer support options.

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