Information: The development of healthy attachments is critical in the lives of infants. The quality of these relationships is a strong indicator for future mental health and the ability to establish and maintain happy relationships. Parents do the best that they are able to give their infants what they need but not all parents learned how to attend to an infant’s emotional needs from their family of origin. If you are struggling to care for your child or infant please these websites may be helpful to you:

http://www.circleofsecurity.org
http://www.zerotothree.org

We are also happy to work with you on interacting with your baby or child in a therapeutic mental health setting.

Penny Sanderson, APRN, FNP-BC provides medication management at Tranquility Health. If you have questions about medications that you are taking you may visit with her or contact one of these reputable websites for information:

The Mayo Clinic at http://www.mayoclinic.com
The US Food and Drug Administration at http://www.accessdata.fda.gov
The Center for Disease Control at http://www.cdc.gov

Nebraska has three regional centers across the State that offer inpatient treatment. Regional West Medical Center also has an inpatient unit. Information about what these programs offer should be discussed with your mental health care provider.

Nebraska’s Regional Centers: http://www.hhs.state.ne.us
RWMC’s behavioral health unit: http://www.rwmc.net

People who serve in the military and veterans can face unique challenges. There are many emotions involved with being at war, separated from loved ones, as well as the stressors that are inherent in multiple and extended deployments. The stress encountered in service abroad can also play a role and cause mental health issues, including anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and substance abuse.

In addition to these mental health issues, the war has exposed many soldiers to traumatic brain injury or multiple concussions from exposure to IEDS (improvised explosive devices). The military and their families should have full access to counseling by mental health professionals to help them cope with temporary or permanent losses. If you are a returning veteran from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and live in the Scottsbluff/Gering area please call our office and we will work with you to obtain the care you need for your mental health and relationship issues.

The providers at Tranquility Health try to be in network for most insurance companies. We are happy to work with your insurance company to determine your eligibility for mental health and substance abuse issues. Please contact our office for assistance.

Individuals have the right to receive benefits for mental health and substance abuse treatment on the same basis as they do for any other illnesses, with the same provisions, co-payments, lifetime benefits, and catastrophic coverage in both insurance and self-funded/self-insured health plans. More information is available about this from:

https://www.cms.gov