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Dual Diagnosis
What is Dual Diagnosis?
A person who has both an alcohol or drug problem and an emotional/psychiatric problem is said to have a dual diagnosis. To recover fully, the person needs treatment for both problems.
How Common Is Dual Diagnosis?
Dual diagnosis is more common than you might imagine. 45% of alcohol abusers and 55% of drug abusers have at least one serious mental illness.
- Mood Disorders
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Insomnia
- ADHD (Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder)
- Bipolar Disorder
- Fibromyalgia
- Dysthymia
- General anxiety disorder
- Impulse-control disorders
- Major depressive disorder
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Panic disorder
- Posttraumatic stress disorder
- Social phobia
- Chronic pain
- Personality disorder
- Seisures
- Black Outs
- Schizophrenia
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