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Welcome to Magnolia Mental Health Clinic

Supporting Your Mental Health Journey with a New Name and New Location

We’re excited to share some important updates! Starting December 2024, the Marianne Geiger, M.D. Clinic of Psychiatric Care will be called the Magnolia Mental Health Clinic. We chose the name Magnolia because the magnolia flower symbolizes good health, stability, self-respect and hope—values we hold close in our mission to support your mental well-being.

What’s New:

  • New Name: We’re now Magnolia Mental Health Clinic, reflecting our commitment to growth, healing and a holistic approach to mental health.
  • New Location: Soon, you will be able to find us at 6377 Sebring Way, Loves Park, IL 61111—just 2.8 miles from our current location.
  • New Look: Our branding has been refreshed to reflect the values and dedication we bring to every interaction.
  • New Website: Before the end of the year, you will be able to find our new website at www.magnoliaMHC.com.

What’s Staying the Same:

  • Our Care Team: You’ll still see the same compassionate team, ready to support you at every step.
  • Contact Information: All phone numbers and appointment channels remain unchanged. We’re updating our email domain, but current emails will be forwarded so no messages will be missed.
  • Our Mission: Continuing to provide the warm, professional psychiatric care you trust.

Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions. We’re here to make this transition as seamless as possible for you.

Thank you for being part of our community.

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Treatment for Depression

It is important to seek treatment as soon as you suspect you or someone you love is experiencing depression. Waiting to seek treatment for depression may make recovery more difficult. Getting early treatment improves the chances for a quick and full recovery.

Family involvement in the treatment for depression can be very important, especially for children and teens. Sometimes parents of depressed children and teens may also become depressed and need treatment.

Early treatment and family involvement are also important in older adults. Many times, in older adults, early treatment can delay nursing home placement.

Depression is successfully treated 70% of the time through medication and counseling.

Consider that the best treatment may be a combination of medication and counseling. It is possible to treat mild to moderate depression effectively with behavioral therapy alone. However, behavioral therapy tends to work better in moderate to severe depression after an initial course of medication treatment.

It can take 4 to 6 weeks for medications to take effect, although medications often work much quicker. You may need to try more than one medication to find one that works for you.

Types of counseling that are most often used for the effective treatment of depression are:

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy which helps you develop new ways of thinking and coping with situations.
  • Interpersonal therapy which involves learning how ongoing relationship problems affect the onset of your depression.
  • Problem solving in which a trained medical person (such as a practice nurse) guides you through the immediate problem and then helps you develop tools for responding to future problems.

Always remember to tell all of your health care providers what medications you are taking and the treatment you are receiving. If you have another illness along with your depression, you need to continue receiving treatment for your other illness too.