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Once a substance is used on more than regular or prescribed basis,  and alters a person’s mood it is called substance abuse.  A major public health problem of today, drug users are relying on these drugs to have “fun” and end up resulting with major medical problems.  Substance abuse services are offered to help those [...]

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Dealing with alcoholism while suffering from a psychiatric condition can be tough to recover from.  Fiding the right professional help that is able to treat both conditions simultaneously can be tricky, but Malibu Horizon, a treatment center in California, specializes in dual diagnosis rehab treatment.  Although drug abuse centers that can correctly treat both conditions [...]

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Dual diagnosis rehab treatment is done in many drug rehabs in Malibu. It is good to see that drug centers are now treating dual diagnosis. Earlier, dual diagnosis patients faced a two fold problem: First, it is very hard to diagnose dual diagnosis, a condition where a substance addict also suffers from mental illness, as [...]

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Just when one thought things could not get worse for alcohol and drug addicts, a new type of condition has been discovered – Dual Diagnosis. It is a condition where a patient suffering from drug and/or alcohol abuse is also suffering from some kind of metal illness. There are two major problems with this condition [...]

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One would think that substance abuse is so bad that things cannot get worse. Unfortunately they can. There are many people out there who have a problem of mental illness coupled with substance abuse. A common example is drug addiction and depression. Usually, one of the two conditions is treatable and the other is very [...]

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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) estimates that 1 million Americans have both severe mental illness and substance abuse problems. This number has been rising and with it is also rising the demand for specialized substance abuse services like dual diagnosis rehab program. Dual diagnosis is defined as the condition when a patient [...]

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Dual diagnosis is a condition where a person has a mental disorder and a substance abuse and or alcohol problem occurring at the same time. The mental component can include depressive disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, delusional disorder, and schizophrenia, among others. Treatment for substance abuse must include proper assessment for any possible [...]

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