Dual Diagnosis Drug Treatment

Dual diagnosis treatment does not have to take place in a psychiatric hospital. The individual that requires a psychiatric hospital for dual diagnosis treatment is usually the person a danger to themselves or others or the individual whose psychiatric disorder requires continual supervision and support. The vast majority of people suffering from forms of depression, bipolar disorder or borderline personality disorder, in conjunction with a drug addiction, can generally do fine in a drug rehabilitation center.

A drug rehabilitation center will treat these disorders concurrently with the psychiatrist and clinicians working as a team. The clinicians in the drug treatment center must be skilled in mental health treatment, as well as, drug addiction and alcoholism. The psychiatrist at the dual diagnosis program should be ASAM certified which provides them with a thorough understanding with addiction.

To locate a dual diagnosis treatment center you can call the national dual diagnosis treatment helpline at 1-800-511-9225.

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