| People have heard of people that have a | | | | discussion with out the fear of getting into |
| mental illness and people have heard of | | | | trouble. |
| people who are addicted to drugs. The | | | | |
| question that is posed here is whether people | | | | · Will help the patient to see how drugs |
| have heard of addicts that also have mental | | | | and mental illnesses affect each other. |
| illnesses. This is actually a very common | | | | |
| occurrence and there are dual diagnosis drug | | | | · May provide the patient with |
| rehab centers to accommodate these groups of | | | | opportunities to work, a job that will help |
| addicts. This form of drug rehab that | | | | the rehab process. |
| focuses on the addiction and the mental | | | | |
| illness combined as one form of therapy with | | | | · Will help the patient to make and |
| the end goal that can help the addict to live | | | | achieve personal goals. |
| a clean and drug-free life. | | | | |
| | | | · Will provide information pertaining to |
| Some rehab centers will treat the mental | | | | the patients mental illness or illnesses and |
| cause itself that may have led to the drug | | | | how to cope with them. Also will help the |
| addiction; this could be a traumatic | | | | patient to live as normal a life as possible |
| childhood, or addicted parents, but this does | | | | with their dual diagnosis. |
| not mean that the center has made a clinical | | | | |
| diagnosis that the individual addict has a | | | | · Give the patient the tools to recover |
| mental disorder, such as depression or | | | | from addiction and live with a mental |
| bipolar disorder. There is a difference in | | | | disorder. |
| something that has led to a drug addiction | | | | |
| and in something that is caused by the drug | | | | · Teach the patient social, communication, |
| addiction. Mental illnesses may not even be | | | | and personal skills |
| apparent until the drug rehab is happening or | | | | |
| the mental illness can cause the drug | | | | · If medication is needed for the mental |
| addiction but the affects of the drugs can be | | | | disorder, teach him about the medicine and |
| worse because of the illness. | | | | what affects that it will have on them. |
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| It is a very complicated program, diagnosing | | | | · May involve the family so that they can |
| and treating a dual diagnosis, but, recovery | | | | also learn about the duel diagnosis. |
| from drug addiction and control of the mental | | | | |
| illness is possible through a dual diagnosis | | | | The list above is just a few of the things a |
| rehab program. This type of drug rehab helps | | | | person with a dual diagnosis will learn about |
| an addict with a mental illness. A dual | | | | and go through during their drug rehab. It |
| diagnosis will do the following for an addict | | | | is important for the patient to understand |
| with a mental illness: | | | | about drug addiction and mental disorders if |
| | | | there is ever any hope of rehabilitation. The |
| · Will help the patient to see how drugs | | | | most important thing to remember is that the |
| and/or alcohol act in their life. This | | | | people who have addictions and mental |
| should be achieved under a confidential | | | | illnesses. |