Dual Diagnosis Articles

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• Is Adult ADHD Linked to Addiction?
  The prevalence of children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) greatly exceeds the prevalence of this diagnosis among the adult ...
• The Health Impact of Regular Marijuana Use
  A recent global review of marijuana (cannabis) suggests it has been used by one in 25 adults aged 15 to 64 ...
• Depression and Alcoholism: Five Tips for Recovery
  Alcoholics go through a period of grieving when they give up drinking. For those dually-diagnosed with alcoholism and depression, the grief over ...
• Depression and Substance Abuse: The Chicken or the Egg?
  There's a saying in the recovery movement: Alcohol and drug addiction can cause mental illness but mental illness does not cause addiction. However, some mental ...
• Illuminating 13 Myths of Schizophrenia
  It’s safe to say that no mental disorder is more shrouded in mystery, misunderstanding and fear than schizophrenia. “The modern-day equivalent of leprosy” is how renowned research psychiatrist E. Fuller Torrey, M.D., refers to schizophrenia ...
• Living with Schizophrenia
  “Your daughter has schizophrenia,” I told the woman. “Oh, my God, anything but that,” she replied. “Why couldn’t she have leukemia or some other ...
• Is Alcohol Spoiling Your Romance?
  When I first talk to people about couples therapy, I usually ask: "Do you drink alcohol? Does your partner?" and if so, "How much?" I also ask whether they use other mind-altering drugs and intoxicants. ...
• Voluntary Madness: My Year Lost and Found in the Loony Bin
  Voluntary Madness: My Year Lost and Found in the Loony Bin By Norah Vincent New York: Viking, December 2008 Hardcover, 283 pages $25.95 Immersion journalism, as it’s called, can be kind of fun on a limited basis. In my days ...
• National Association for Dually Diagnosed Celebrates 25 Years
  People with both intellectual disability and mental illness are a small population -- less than one percent of people worldwide. But it’s a small population with very big needs. In 1983, Robert Fletcher, DSW, ACSW ...
• What is Al-Anon and Alateen?
  The Al-Anon (for adults) and Alateen (for teens) program is a Twelve Step program for the relatives and friends of alcoholics or someone who is or has been a problem drinker. It is not uncommon ...
• Mood Disorders and Alcohol/Drug Use
  The term mood describes a pervasive and sustained emotional state that may affect all aspects of an individual's life and perceptions. Mood disorders are pathologically elevated or depressed disturbances of mood, and include full or ...
• Mental Health And Addiction Treatment Theories and Approaches
  For people with dual disorders (also known as "dual diagnosis"), the attempt to obtain professional help can be bewildering and confusing. They may have problems arising within themselves as a result of their psychiatric and ...
• Dual Disorders: Concepts and Definitions
  The Relationships Between Alcohol and Other Drug Use and Psychiatric Symptoms and Disorders Establishing an accurate diagnosis for patients in addiction and mental health settings is an important and multifaceted aspect of the treatment process. Clinicians ...