Dual diagnosis treatment - A person who has an alcohol or drug problem and an emotional/mental problem is said to have a double diagnosis. Both the problems need to be treated for the person to make a full recovery. Drug and alcohol abuse and substance dependence can be a misnomer to some people. As indicated by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, an individual might have a liquor use issue, for example, hitting the bottle hard or weighty drinking that creates issues throughout everyday life, except doesn't give indications of reliance.
The fact that the person has not been diagnosed with a mental illness does not mean that there is no underlying condition that can accelerate substance dependence such as:
Addiction to prescription drugs (such as Vicodin, Adderall, and OxyContin)
People who suffer from mental illness along with drug or alcohol addiction are also vulnerable to self-harming behavior and suicide. This adds to the sense of urgency when it comes to treatment. Rehab Mukti Kendra, the country's leading double diagnosis treatment center for patients experiencing co-occurring disorders.
Dual diagnosis is much more common than you might imagine. According to the latest
survey conducted in the US (American Medical Association):
37% of alcohol abusers and 53% of substance abusers also have at least one serious mental illness.
Of all those found to be mentally ill, 29% abuse alcohol or drugs.
We provide dual diagnosis treatment (at the rehab center) also known as co-occurring disorders, a condition of suffering from a mental illness and a narcotic disorder resulting from the use of drugs/alcohol. There is a problem of abuse. The concept can be used broadly, for example with depression and alcoholism, or it can be used to refer to severe mental illness (such as psychosis, schizophrenia) and substance use disorders (such as cannabis abuse), or to designate a person who Anyone who has a mild mental illness and a drug dependence, such as panic disorder or generalized anxiety disorder and is dependent on opioids. Diagnosing primary mental illness in substance abusers is challenging because drug abuse often produces psychotic symptoms, thus making it necessary to differentiate between substance-induced and pre-existing mental illness. Several mental health conditions are commonly associated with a dual diagnosis, including:
