We share a lot during the holidays: joy, gifts, laughter, fun. But it can be hard to share our struggles, which can include depression and anxiety for many of us. You aren’t alone if you’re experiencing challenges with your mental health, and support from a healthcare provider and your loved ones can make a difference. There is hope. Start by learning more and taking a depression risk assessment.

In this season of gratitude, sometimes it’s hard to be thankful when living with uncontrolled diabetes. But diabetes doesn’t have to be a burden. In partnership with your provider, you can still thrive and live a healthy, grateful life.

If you want to improve or maintain your health, one of the best steps you can take is to set goals. Don’t know where to start? If you have Medicare, begin with a free Annual Wellness Visit! These visits are different than a typical appointment with your primary care provider. They are more of a conversation to find any risks to your health. You and your provider will also develop a plan to help keep you healthy in the years to come.

Pain management takes many forms, and in the last 10 years, we’ve made substantial efforts to increase opioid safety and approach pain management more holistically. Our latest partnership with CO*RE REMS will ensure every Adventist Health provider is certified as a safe opioid prescriber if prescription pain medications are the best option for a patient.

At Adventist Health Vallejo, our psychiatrists and psychologists are medical qualified to treat a variety of mental health conditions.

Children with complex mental health issues may need to stay in the hospital at times. When this happens, we have a behavioral health hospital with 61 beds where we treat children ages 3–18. We also see people age 19–21 who are developmentally delayed and in crisis.