Dual Diagnosis Drug Treatment

Dual diagnosis is 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. Dual diagnosis refers to the co-occurence of mental health disorders and substance abuse disorders (alcohol and/or drug dependence or abuse).

Dual Diagnosis, and Dual Disorders profiles may include the following:

·Severe/major mental illness and a substance abuse problem
·Substance abuse problem and a personality disorder(s)

Substance abuse problem, personality disorder(s) and substance abuse induced acute symptoms that may require psychiatric care, i.e., hallucinations, depression, and other symptoms resulting from substance abuse or withdrawal.

Substance abuse problem, mental illness, and organic syndromes in various combinations. Organic syndromes may be a result of substance abuse, or independent of substance abuse.

Persons are found across the mental health and substance abuse systems that have various combinations of these dual/multiple disorders. They are also found outside of these systems of care, often among the homeless, and within the criminal justice system.

Acronyms that define various dual disorders:

MICAA: Mentally Ill, Chemical Abusers, and Addicted. Denotes the severely mentally ill chemical abuser. (Sciacca, 1991)

MISA: Mentally Ill Substance Abuser. May denote various combinations of dual disorders with or without severe mental illness.

MIDAA*, This denotes the inclusion of Mental Illness, Drug Addiction and Alcoholism in various combinations as dual/multiple disorders.

CAMI: Chemical Abusing Mentally Ill. This denotes Chemical abuse or dependence as primary with personality disorders (but without severe mental illness). (Sciacca,1991).

CAMI, With substance induced psychotic episodes: Same as CAMI with induced acute symptoms. (Sciacca,1991)

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