Dual diagnosis rehab is the term applied when a person suffers from both an alcohol and or substance abuse as well as some psychiatric disorder. The psychiatric condition can be any number of problems, including depression, bi-polar, anxiety, panic, ADD/ADHD, borderline personality, schizophrenia and any number of other problems. If lasting recovery and abstinence is to be achieved, both the substance abuse and the mental condition must be properly treated simultaneously. If someone has an allergic reaction, the cause of the reaction must be determined and treated, not just the body’s surface reaction. When a drug alcohol rehab begins the process of treatment, the first thing to determined would be to see if any co-occurring mood disorders existed, nor not. Once that information is established, a comprehensive treatment plan can be assembled and real treatment, begin.
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