Behavioral Health

Anxiety, depression, substance abuse and stress can affect every aspect of your health—mental, physical and emotional. Behavioral Health experts at Spectrum Health provide guidance and leading insights that can help as you work to navigate the path to well-being.

Help yourself by helping others

The time and talents you invest in your community may come back in dividends for your health and happiness.

6 steps to a better mindset

Thoughts awhirl with worry? Try these creative strategies to help you find the bright side of life.

Mindfulness: Live in the present

Learning to redirect your mind can offer a sense of peace during this pandemic.

COVID-19: Take time to disengage

Psychologists share their 5 top tips for nurturing your mental health and giving yourself grace.

Depressed? Time to talk

Snub the tired stigmas—be ready and willing to engage in conversation with those who struggle with mental health problems.

A port in the storm

Folks around you getting amped up? A few helpful tactics might ease those tense exchanges. 

Guard against loneliness

If you’re feeling isolated or know someone who is, take steps to connect.

Worry less, relax more

If you're someone who regularly battles anxiety, here are 13 tips that could help you wrangle it.

Teens account for 1 in 4 opioid ODs

As illegal drugs become more potent, it increases the odds that just a small amount could lead to overdose.

Trouble in the wonder years?

Your middle schooler might be showing classic signs of anxiety—and if you're not paying attention, you could miss them.

Brain scans may predict mental health

Identifying biomarkers at a young age could promote therapies that treat symptoms of psychiatric illness.

Opioid-meth addiction complicates treatment

People who use both drugs may find it especially difficult to break free.