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.
Resources Dual Diagnosis: Managing Mental Health & Addiction 13 min readUpdated Feb 2024Medically reviewed by Pacific Bay Recovery Clinical Team 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 … Read more
Resources How to Receive the Best Substance Abuse Treatment for Your Recovery: The Dual Diagnosis and Your Unique Treatment Program 5 min readUpdated Feb 2024Medically reviewed by Pacific Bay Recovery Clinical Team Dual Diagnosis: The Two-Part Integrated Recovery Program If you treat one part of … Read more
Resources Dual Diagnosis: Substance Abuse and Mental Health 4 min readUpdated Feb 2024Medically reviewed by Pacific Bay Recovery Clinical Team 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, … Read more
Resources What is Dual Diagnosis? 3 min readUpdated Jul 2019Medically reviewed by Pacific Bay Recovery Clinical Team 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 … Read more
Resources Dual Diagnosis Treatment Centers California 3 min readUpdated Jul 2018Medically reviewed by Pacific Bay Recovery Clinical Team 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 … Read more
Resources Why Getting a Dual Diagnosis in Important? 3 min readUpdated Dec 2017Medically reviewed by Pacific Bay Recovery Clinical Team 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 … 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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