Behavioral Health

Alcohol, Drug Addiction Can Increase During Holidays, Says Mills-Peninsula Expert

November 21, 2011

For most people, the winter holiday season, including Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah and the New Year, is a happy time filled with parties and gatherings with friends and family. For others, this time of year can be a time of loneliness, anxiety and depression, all of which can contribute to addiction. “The holidays can be a [...]

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MPHS’s Dr. Daniel Becker a Finalist in San Francisco Business Times ‘Health Care Heroes’ Awards

September 2, 2011

Dr. Daniel Becker, medical director of Behavioral Health at Mills-Peninsula Health Services, has been recognized for exhibiting outstanding leadership and patient-centered care by the San Francisco Business Times 2011 Health Care Heroes Awards. Dr. Becker was specifically honored for expanding access to mental health and substance abuse programs in the Bay Area with his oversight of the [...]

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New Residential-Based Rehab Offered at Mills-Peninsula

August 22, 2011

Every story of addiction is different. Despite perceptions, addicts are not only homeless people and movie stars. They are parents, professionals, neighbors and family members. Each person struggling with an addiction to alcohol, drugs and other substances can feel isolated, frightened and hopeless. They wrestle with emotional and physical problems. Regardless of what circumstances led [...]

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Mills-Peninsula’s Behavioral Health services relocating to Mills Health Center

November 29, 2010

On December 5, Mills-Peninsula’s Behavioral Health program, which provides inpatient and outpatient mental health and chemical dependency services, will move from its current location at Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame to a newly remodeled facility at Mills Health Center in San Mateo. This move and expansion will allow the Behavioral Health program to serve more [...]

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