If you’re feeling trapped in a cycle of addiction, you’re not alone. Studies show that nearly half of people with substance use disorders also battle mental health issues. This blog will guide you through understanding the connection and finding help for both problems.
Let’s unpack this together.
Managing mental health and addiction is no easy feat. It can be challenging to identify when one condition triggers the other in a patient. This co-occurrence of mental illness and addiction is called Dual Diagnosis. People who suffer from dual diagnosis are often misunderstood and … Read more
Dual Diagnosis: The Two-Part Integrated Recovery Program If you treat one part of substance abuse, such as the physical body, then you must treat the mind at the same time. If you are a substance abuser, such as opioid drugs or alcohol (or both), when … Read more
Common Cases of Dual Diagnosis in Substance Abuse and Mental Health? Substance abuse occurs when anyone indulges in illicit drugs, even regular prescription drugs, alcohol, and more. Depending on what a person takes and how often this occurs, mental health issues can also manifest, creating … Read more
Many people who suffer from a variety of substance abuse issues also suffer from some kind of mental illness. This is called dual diagnosis because the person suffers from multiple illnesses. The Journal of the American Medical Association states that the number of people suffering … Read more
Dual diagnosis is the medical term used to describe the presence of a mood condition such as depression or bipolar disorder together with a substance abuse problem in patients. An individual who is confirmed with dual diagnosis has two separate conditions and each one of … Read more
Dual diagnosis refers to a treatment facility for individuals who suffer from both mental illness and substance abuse. There are currently more than 50% of Americans suffering from psychological disorders, following substance abuse reports the Journal of the American Medical Association. Many such individuals suffering … Read more
In the beginning, change is very difficult to any drug- or alcohol-addicted person. This is due to the possibility of changing your surroundings, friends, and sometimes family upon who you socialize. You may need to find new friends, leave your family home, or even stop frequenting your normal hangouts to continue the healing process and start making the change to the path to recovery. At this step, you start thinking about the good ole times when you hung out and partied with friends before you really got serious about becoming clean and sober. The one thing you forget is that they don’t want you to be clean and sober. Rather, they still want you down there with them, living the life of an addict.
Dual Diagnosis, also called as ‘Co-occurring disorder’ is referred to a condition in which the subject suffers from a combination of mental disorder and co-morbid substance abuse. Examples of dual-diagnosis conditions may include a psychiatric illness such as depression and alcohol dependence or a more severe mental psychosis along with cannabis-abuse. A significant medical challenge is to precisely diagnose the pre-existing mental illness in drug-abusers and differentiate it from drug-induced psychiatric symptoms.
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