What are Summer Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP) for Addiction Treatment

Summer intensive outpatient programs at Sanford Behavioral Health provide individuals with the support they need, allowing them to maintain their daily responsibilities and routines. Our Outpatient Center offers individualized addiction recovery programs that work in โ€œreal life.โ€ Summer is a good time for a mental health “tune-up” for college students, but virtual addiction treatment provides […]

How Do We Beat the Blues? Sanford’s Collaborative Care Team Gives 21 Tips!

During Mental Health Awareness Month this May, Sanford Behavioral Health had an opportunity to showcase some of our staff members doing what they do best to beat the blues and reset. The Instagram #IGETIT campaign was in coordination with JACK Mental Health Advocacy and Kevin Bacon’s Six Degrees.org to create a community and offer resources […]

Addiction Treatment – Social Model or Medical Model?

Treatment for substance use disorders (addiction or SUD) comes in many forms. The”best fit” may vary significantly depending on an individual’s background, history of use, medical comorbidities, support system, and other factors. Two specific models of addiction treatment are often discussedโ€”the medical model of addiction treatment and the social model of addiction treatment.   The […]

Hope For Treatment-Resistant Depression

  Press Release Contact Information: Sanford Behavioral Health – REMS Certified Facility 844-776-9651 ext. 1 Marilyn Spiller โ€“ mspiller@sanfordhouse.com For Immediate Release ย  Hope for Treatment-Resistant Depression SANFORD SPRAVATO (esketamine) CLINIC ย  โ€œSPRAVATO (esketamine) is a new way to treat depression as it addresses a neurotransmitter system that we did not previously put much emphasis […]

12 Hopeful Ideas to Improve Your Mental Health 2025

In January and February each year, Sanford Behavioral Health creates an article series that looks at hopeful ways to improve your mental health. As a behavioral health organization, we know that treatment and medication management are important elements of improving and maintaining mental health. However, science has shown that community, passionate interests, and even limiting […]

Meet Chief Executive Officer Tracy Rogers, LMHC

Tracy Rogers was perfectly happy as a healthcare operations consultant until she met Sanford Behavioral Health Founders Rae and David Green through a mutual colleague. As she puts it, “They are the reason I wanted to serve as a Chief Executive Officer again.” Because Sanford is privately owned and small enough to feel manageable, Tracy […]

How Can We Establish Family Boundaries in Recovery?

  Let’s face it: family members can push every button. When a person is in recovery from a substance use disorder, the entire family is involved in the delicate process of transitioning beliefs, feelings, and actions. How can we establish family boundaries in recovery? In an upcoming webinar with the Mental Health Association in Michigan, […]

Are You Supporting or Enabling Your Addicted Loved One?

Over the many years I have spent working with family members of individuals with substance use disorders (SUD), the number one question I get is, “What can we do to help?” The question leads to a discussion about supporting and enabling behaviors to engage in while attempting to get a loved one to acknowledge a […]

What is the Impact of Addiction on Children?

At Sanford Behavioral Health, we treat adults with substance use disorders (SUDs). Part of client treatment is to educate and create informed support for the significant folks in their lives. Our clients can be young adults with siblings in their primary family, grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, friends, and partners; most have relationships with young children. […]

5 Questions for Sanford Founder Rae Green on Body Acceptance

Body acceptance, body neutrality, body positivity – these phrases are often interchanged but mean different things. Body positivity means loving your body as it is; body neutrality focuses on what the body can do. According to the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA), “body acceptance includes body positivity, body neutrality, and body liberationโ€”for all.” Today, we […]