The term mental health and behavioral Health are often interchanged for each other when classifying some of the common medical disorders and illnesses such as anxiety and depression.   There has been an emerging trend among medical professionals, patients, and their families to classify mental health disorders as behavioral health disorders in order to move away from the negative stigmas and stereotypes associated with the term “mental health”.  There are hundreds of articles online and in print that provide conflicting information between the terms mental health and behavioral health, further complicating how we classify many of the disorders and diseases.

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The change in classification is not necessarily a bad thing as long as people continue to take these illnesses and disorders serious.   At Peak Behavioral Health, the main focus remains caring for and helping our patients get the help they need to get better.