Medication Management

Genecept Assay®

Wind of Change recommends that if you or your loved one has not had Genetic Testing done to help guide psychiatric medications, we perform a Genecept Assay® on admission. Up to half of all patients respond negatively to psychiatric medications that they are prescribed. That’s because everyone’s body is different, and your body’s response to a given medication is influenced by your genetic makeup or your daughter’s DNA. The Genecept Assay® looks at key genes in your daughter’s body that affect how it responds to medications. This can help the psychiatrist understand if a drug may work for her before she even tries it.  With the information from Genecept Assay ® and her history, the psychiatrist can find the right treatments so you can feel better faster.

Medication Management

Upon being admitted to the Wind of Change residential treatment center, you or your loved one will also have a complete initial psychiatric evaluation. Our first course of action is to assess the effectiveness of your current medication regimen or need for medications and to make any changes or adjustments as needed. Many struggling young adult women come to us with behavioral and emotional issues for which they take medication. With medications being managed by a licensed psychiatrist and/or psychiatric nurse practitioner as well as registered nurses, we are fully equipped to manage prescription drugs, evaluate progress and make changes as needed while monitoring for adverse drug reactions. Once struggling young adult women are stabilized on the minimal amount of medications needed to manage behaviors and emotions, while they are learning to identify, understand, and manage the core issues that have put them into inpatient residential treatment, they are no longer as anxious, impulsive, depressed, angry and suicidal. They feel as though they are making progress and accomplishing goals. That’s because they are!

At Wind of Change, we constantly monitor, assess, evaluate, and implement improvements regarding you or your loved ones’ care. What’s more, we offer emotional and spiritual assistance for you and your family members so that everyone can begin to heal.