Dual Diagnosis

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  • Mental Health and Substance Abuse - Dealing with a Dual Diagnosis
    By Kate OLeary December 7, 2009
    a brief overview of the challenges living with and working with individuals with mental health and substance abuse issues
  • Alcoholism and Dual Diagnosis
    By Garro November 19, 2009
    Alcoholism and dual diagnosis is an important topic for people in recovery because failure to discover a dual diagnosis could cause a return to alcoholism.
  • Dual-Diagnosis
    By Jewell Hankins October 20, 2008
    Dual diagnosis describes individuals who suffer from severe mental illnesses who also employ the use of drugs and/or alcohol to the degree that it impacts their mental and physical health.
  • Dual Diagnosis Now Being Used in Treating Gambling Addiction
    By Sussy February 18, 2008
    Dual diagnosis is a term used to describe the treatment of drug and alcohol addiction in conjunction with a mental disorder such as depression or bi-polar disorder. Addiction treatment specialists are now also using dual diagnosis in the treatment of gambling addiction.
  • Dual Diagnosis: An Integrative Approach
    By Tina Marie January 22, 2007
    An integrative approach is a selective combination of techniques used in the mental health and addiction fields. For many years we have been treating mental illness and substance abuse separately, but often the same individual is diagnosed with both.
  • The Challenges of Dual Diagnosis to the Recovering Addict
    By Thom MacIntyre August 31, 2009
    American society has come a long way. Still, mental health issues have many labels attached to it. Many are unkind and not true. Addicts in recovery must ask themselves if they were self-medicating a mental illness.