Brian “Head” Welch, guitarist and founding member of Korn, leans into his passion for mental health.
Welch recently launched Atlantic Behavioral Health, a treatment center that provides intensive outpatient treatment in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
In a clip posted on Atlantic Behavioral Health’s Instagram, Welch opened up about his own experience with mental health issues that inspired the move.
“I felt depressed, like a dark cloud over me from day one. And I was like, ‘What’s wrong with me? What is this? Why do I have to be depressed?'” Welch, 52, said. “I just couldn’t figure it out and it got worse and worse as the years went by.”
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“I went to a psychiatrist [back then]but I felt he was so smart and so educated that it wasn’t on my level and someone I could identify with,” he continued.
Welch concluded: “He had the answers to all the books, but in the meantime I didn’t have a group, I didn’t have a community. I wish I had a program like The Atlantic back then because you have that scientific wisdom, but also conversations with peers who are going through similar things as and you.”
The treatment center, which focuses on the treatment of anxiety, depression and a variety of mental health disorders, combines individual therapy, group therapy and drug treatment in an outpatient program.
“I will never, ever forget the depths of the dark energy that lived up there in my mind, years ago,” Welch said in a statement to Diversity. “It was really like living in an emotional dungeon with no light, and I couldn’t find the key to get out.”
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“Partnering with Atlantic is so personal to me, not just another business to invest in. I know what it feels like to live at the bottom of a dark pit, but I also know that if you put the work in, the light will come back, and Atlantic will help so many number of people to find that light switch,” he continued. “With the exception of a few bumps in the road, over the last 20 years, I have been the happiest I have ever been in my life. I believe that if I can completely change the trajectory of my mental and emotional health, anyone can! The Atlantic can be such a valuable tool in helping people to achieve just that.”
On Friday, rock group Spoken released a new single called “Anymore,” featuring Welch. Meanwhile, Korn will hold a series of concerts in Europe during the summer.
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