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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Dual Diagnosis Rehab – Treating the Underlying Cause of Addiction
Friday, July 9th, 2010Malibu Rehab Treat Co-Occurring Depression
Sunday, June 20th, 2010Why is treating a co-occurring mood disorder, like depression, so important to the drug alcohol rehab process. It might very well be the reason why more patients are unsuccessful at long term recovery. The truth is, many alcoholics and drug addicts are self-medicating themselves. They are using drugs and or alcohol to self soothe a undiagnosed and or improperly treated psychological condition. With that having been said, it should be considered a crime not to properly address the cause of a drug addict or alcoholic’s behavior. Yet, that is exactly what happens at far too many drug rehab programs, in spite of the overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Visit Malibu Horizon
Dual Diagnosis Rehab Treatment Centers Are Better
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010Why are dual diagnosis treatment centers better? First, dual diagnosis rehab treatment centers are rehabs that provide treatment got both psychiatric and substance abuse problems. Most alcoholics and drug addicts suffer from some kind of mood disorder, like depression, bi-polar, anxiety or ADD. So when they use and abuse drugs and or alcohol it is a form of “self-medication” to relieve their discomfort. That having been said, unless a treatment properly addresses any and all co-occurring psychiatric problems, the person is at a very high risk of relapse. The best drug rehabs offer a good dual diagnosis program.
Dual Diagnosis Rehab
Friday, April 2nd, 2010First a word about dual diagnosis. Dual diagnosis refers to someone who abuses alcohol and or drugs and has a co-occurring psychiatric condition. This is important because drug and or alcohol abuse is usually the person’s attempt to self medicate and self-soothe their psychiatric condition, such as depression, bi-polar, panic or anxiety disorder. Most experts agree that this is the best approach to addressing alcoholism and drug addiction. It treats the underlying cause of the disease. So, if you know someone considering drug rehab, be sure and tell them they need to go to the best dual diagnosis rehab program they can afford.