Dual Diagnosis
A person who has both an alcohol or drug problem and
an emotional/psychiatric problem is said to have a dual diagnosis. To recover
fully, the person needs treatment for both problems. Dual diagnosis is moreww
common than you might imagine. According to a report published by the Journal
of the American Medical Association, "Thirty-seven percent of alcohol abusers
and fifty-three percent of drug abusers also have at least one serious mental
illness... Of all people diagnosed as mentally ill, 29 percent abuse either
alcohol or drugs." Both problems should be treated simultaneously. For
any substance abuser, however, the first step in treatment must be detoxification
- a period of time during which the body is allowed to cleanse itself of alcohol
or drugs.
Dual diagnosis refers to the co-occurence of mental
health disorders and substance abuse disorders (alcohol and/or drug dependence
or abuse). Dual Diagnosis, and Dual/Multiple disorders profiles may include
the following:
1. Severe/major mental illness and a substance disorder(s)
2. Substance disorder(s) and a personality disorder(s)
3. Substance disorder(s), personality disorder(s) and substance induced acute
symptoms that may require psychiatric care, i.e., hallucinations, depression,
and other symptoms resulting from substance abuse or withdrawal.
4. Substance abuse, mental illness, and organic syndromes in various combinations.
Organic sydromes may be a result of substance abuse, or independent of substance
abuse.
For information on Dual Diagnosis contact us at 877-57REHAB (577-3422)
Dual Diagnosis Resources:
Treatment
Center by athletesartistsandentertainersretreat.com
California
Drug Recovery by drug-recovery.net
Drug
and Alcohol Rehab Center by alcohol-rehab.info
Alcohol
Drug Recovery by alcohol-recovery.net
Alcohol
Addiction Center by alcohol-addiction.info
Alcohol
Treatment Clinic by alcohol-treatment.biz
Dual
Diagnosis by dual-diagnosis.org
California
Drug Rehab by 1st-drug-rehab.com
Drug
Addiction Facility by 1st-drug-addiction.com
Drug
Addiction Treatment by 1st-drug-treatment.com
Alcoholism
Treatment Center by treatment-center.us
