{"id":2,"date":"2017-11-13T14:04:04","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T14:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/riverbaybehavioralhealth.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2018-01-22T20:23:47","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T20:23:47","slug":"what-is-behavioral-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.riverbaybehavioralhealth.com\/index.php\/what-is-behavioral-health\/","title":{"rendered":"What is behavioral health?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Behavioral health encompasses mental health and addictions of any type.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em>Mental health is defined as a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to <\/em><\/strong><\/span><strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">her or his community<\/span>. &#8212;<\/em><\/strong>Mental Health Definition from the World Health Organization (August 2014)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16\" src=\"http:\/\/riverbaybehavioralhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/cropped-OSPREY-AND-BABIES-1-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riverbaybehavioralhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/cropped-OSPREY-AND-BABIES-1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.riverbaybehavioralhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/cropped-OSPREY-AND-BABIES-1-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.riverbaybehavioralhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/cropped-OSPREY-AND-BABIES-1-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.riverbaybehavioralhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/cropped-OSPREY-AND-BABIES-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Osprey dad and babies on Chester River<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You may notice this definition is all about bringing positive thoughts, feelings, emotions, and actions to a person\u2019s life.\u00a0 People who have mental health\u00a0 and\/or addictions issues, in most cases, have the ability to achieve a life that is enriching and full of joy.\u00a0 My goal is to help you achieve this state of well-being through therapy that opens the world up to you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Behavioral health encompasses mental health and addictions of any type. Mental health is defined as a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community. &#8212;Mental &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riverbaybehavioralhealth.com\/index.php\/what-is-behavioral-health\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What is behavioral health?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbaybehavioralhealth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbaybehavioralhealth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbaybehavioralhealth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbaybehavioralhealth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbaybehavioralhealth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbaybehavioralhealth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbaybehavioralhealth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbaybehavioralhealth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}