What is dual diagnosis treatment?
Dual diagnosis treatment is being treated for an addiction and a mental illness at the same time. These are referred to as co-occurring disorders, meaning an addiction and a mental illness.
Traditional addiction treatment can be quite confrontational, whereas traditional treatment for mental disorders can be nurturing. Because of this, dual diagnosis treatment focuses on creating new methods and interventions are needed. This type of treatment is more non-confrontational than the traditional addiction treatment.
Dual diagnosis treatment started around 1984 in an outpatient facility in New York. This is according to a SAMHSA article. After doing preliminary research on this type of treatment, it found that dual diagnosis treatment was more effective than traditional addiction treatment. It helped people who had been bouncing around to different treatment centers get help for everything in one place.
Dual diagnosis treatment goes through phases of interventions. It focuses on readiness to accept treatment. The readiness levels are starting points for treatment, rather than confrontation.
This type of treatment put a focus on exploration and acknowledgment. According to the article:
This includes:
* attaining a level of trust necessary to discuss their own use of substances and/or
symptoms of mental illness;
* the exploration and subsequent discovery of any problems or interaction affects that
result from substance use and mental health symptoms;
* considerations and motivation for addressing these problems;
* active engagement in a process of treatment that seeks to eliminate symptoms;
* attainment of partial or full remission;
* and participation in an individualized maintenance regime for relapse prevention.
These programs are implemented as components of existing mental health, and substance
abuse programs, and thereby provide integrated treatment.
Dual diagnosis treatment is an important tool to have in a rehabilitation center. It offers options for people needing recovery.
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