Maison Dunham House

Maison Dunham House Dunham House is a residential treatment centre for individuals suffering from mental health & concurrent disorders, including addiction.

55% of Gen Z get their mental health advice from social media.Not from a clinician.Not from a treatment center.From a 60...
04/17/2026

55% of Gen Z get their mental health advice from social media.

Not from a clinician.

Not from a treatment center.

From a 60-second video.

Source (https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2026/media-briefing-social-media-mental-health )

Awareness is important.
But awareness isn't assessment.
A relatable post about anxiety might open a door. It can't tell you what's behind it.

When addiction and a mental health condition exist together, things get complicated fast. Self-diagnosis can delay real treatment. And real treatment is what changes outcomes.

At Dunham House, we treat co-occurring addiction and mental health conditions with evidence-based care, and individualized plans built for the complexity of each person's situation.

Social media can start the conversation.

It shouldn't be where it ends.

If someone you care about is navigating this, visiting https://www.dunhamhouse.ca is a good next step. 💙

What does wellness actually look like when you're in recovery?For a lot of people, the word "wellness" feels distant, al...
04/15/2026

What does wellness actually look like when you're in recovery?

For a lot of people, the word "wellness" feels distant, almost irrelevant, when you're managing addiction alongside depression, anxiety, or trauma.

It can sound like something for people who have already figured things out.

But here's what we know: well-being isn't the destination at the end of treatment. It's woven into treatment itself.

-Regulated sleep.
-Consistent therapeutic support.
-Mental health care that runs parallel to addiction care, not after it.

International Wellness Day is a chance to reframe what holistic really means. Not a checklist of healthy habits, but a structured environment where the whole person is seen and supported.

At Dunham House, that's what residential treatment is built around: 85 acres in Quebec's Eastern Townships, dual diagnosis programming, and care plans designed for the individual, not the condition.

What's one thing you think people misunderstand about wellness in recovery?

We'd love to hear your thoughts. 💙

04/13/2026

You can't save someone who's drowning if you're drowning yourself.

If someone you love is struggling with addiction or mental health, this is your sign to stop white-knuckling it alone.

Dunham House's 6-Week Family Program starts in May. It's built for the people behind the scenes, the ones holding everything together while falling apart inside.

Boundaries. Communication. Trust. Triggers. All of it.
Online, Tuesday evenings, with people who actually get it.

For more information or to register : https://www.dunhamhouse.ca/family

04/10/2026

She works at a rehab center in Quebec. Here's what she wants you to know.

Sometimes you just need to hear it from someone who works with people in recovery every day.

Erica is a counsellor at Dunham House, an English language residential treatment center in Quebec's Eastern Townships.

If you or someone you love is trying to figure out what comes next, reach out. We're here.

📞 450-263-3434
dunhamhouse.ca

One thing no one tells you about early recovery.Your emotions come back before you know what to do with them.For years, ...
04/08/2026

One thing no one tells you about early recovery.

Your emotions come back before you know what to do with them.

For years, substances did the regulating.

Now there's a gap.

You feel everything, all at once, and it can feel like something is wrong.

Nothing is wrong. This is what healing feels like at the start.

The skill is learning to sit with it, a little longer each time. DBT calls it distress tolerance.

We call it one of the hardest and most important things you'll ever learn to do.

You're not broken. You're thawing.

450-263-3434

9 out of 10 people with addiction AND a mental health disorder never get treated for both at the same time.That's not an...
04/06/2026

9 out of 10 people with addiction AND a mental health disorder never get treated for both at the same time.

That's not an opinion. A 2026 multi-institution study just confirmed it.

Here's what happens when only half the problem gets treated:

→ You get sober but the depression stays. So you use again.
→ You get medicated but the addiction goes unaddressed. Nothing really changes.
→ You cycle through programs wondering why nothing sticks.

It's not a willpower problem. It's a structural one.

At Dunham House, integrated dual diagnosis treatment isn't a feature. It's the foundation.

(Link to study in comments)

04/06/2026

When your mind feels a little too loud and everything starts moving too fast, this is one of those simple resets that can bring you back to yourself in the best way. Save this for the moment you need it most.

After a winter this long, it makes sense that a lot of us are still feeling the weight of it.There's actual neuroscience...
04/02/2026

After a winter this long, it makes sense that a lot of us are still feeling the weight of it.

There's actual neuroscience behind that.

When sunlight is scarce for extended periods, the brain produces less serotonin, the chemical most responsible for stabilizing mood.

Melatonin increases, making fatigue feel impossible to shake.

After months of this, the cumulative effect can feel like more than just needing a vacation.

For people managing addiction or mental health challenges, a prolonged winter can be one of the hardest seasons to get through.

The low mood is real. The exhaustion is real.

And it's not a sign that something is permanently wrong. It's a sign that the brain has been under strain.

At Dunham House, we believe in addressing all of it, including the seasonal and environmental factors that shape how someone feels day to day.

If this winter hit harder than expected for you or someone you love, you're not alone in that.

What's one thing that's helped you get through a difficult stretch?

This one is for the parents, the partners, the siblings.For everyone who has googled "how do I help someone with addicti...
03/31/2026

This one is for the parents, the partners, the siblings.

For everyone who has googled "how do I help someone with addiction" at 2am.

For everyone who has set a boundary and then felt terrible about it.

For everyone who loves someone who is suffering and isn't sure what their role is supposed to look like now.

We built our Family Program for you.

Six weeks. Expert-led. In Person cohort .

You've been showing up for them.

Let us show up for you.

https://www.dunhamhouse.ca/family

Today is World Bipolar Day.And if you're someone who has lived with both bipolar disorder and addiction, I want to say s...
03/30/2026

Today is World Bipolar Day.

And if you're someone who has lived with both bipolar disorder and addiction, I want to say something directly to you:

-What you did to cope made sense. It made complete sense.

-When your mood could swing from invincible to unbearable with no warning, when the low felt like it would never end, and the high felt like the first real breath you'd taken in months, you found something that made the edges softer.

Something that slowed the spin, or gave you energy when your brain had none left to offer.

That wasn't a weakness. That was survival.

The painful truth is that bipolar disorder and substance use disorder are deeply connected.

Research consistently shows that people living with bipolar disorder are among the most likely to develop a co-occurring addiction.

Not because they're reckless.

Because untreated mood episodes are unbearable, the brain will always find a way to regulate itself.

The problem with treating them separately, one at a time, is that they feed each other. You can't fully stabilize your mood without addressing what the substances were doing. And you can't fully sustain recovery without understanding what was driving the use.

At Dunham House, we treat both together from day one.

Not addiction first, then mental health.

Not mental health first, then addiction.

Both are treated at the same time, in a residential setting where you actually have space to do the work.

If the pieces of your story are starting to come together, and it's finally making sense, this might be the right moment to take the next step.

Call us: 450-263-3434 | dunhamhouse.ca

03/27/2026

Most treatment centres treat the addiction and send you home.

But if the depression, the anxiety, the trauma underneath is still running , the cycle doesn't stop.

Dual diagnosis treatment means treating both.
At the same time.

That's what we do at Dunham House.
📞 450-263-3434
🔗 dunhamhouse.ca

She almost left at day 28.She'd checked every box. Her family was ready. On paper, treatment was done.But her team saw w...
03/26/2026

She almost left at day 28.

She'd checked every box. Her family was ready. On paper, treatment was done.

But her team saw what she couldn't see yet. The anxiety underneath her drinking hadn't been touched. She'd learned to talk about it. She hadn't learned to sit with it.

She decided to stay.

Week five was the hardest. The deeper layers surfaced. Grief she'd been outrunning for years. Childhood wounds she didn't know were still open.

Week eight, something shifted.

The coping skills stopped being exercises and started becoming instincts.

Week twelve, she walked out a different person than the one who almost left at day 28.

Not everyone needs 90 days. Some people build a strong foundation in 30. But when addiction and mental health are intertwined, having the option to go deeper can change everything.

Dunham House offers 30-day, 90-day, and 180-day residential programs because recovery doesn't follow a fixed schedule. It follows you.

If you or someone you love is ready to take the next step, call us at 450-263-3434.

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