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Dual Diagnosis Drug Rehab Centers
By admin | January 2, 2008
Many drug rehab centers are beginning to recognize the significance of “dual diagnosis”. Put simply, this means that if an underlying cause for drug addiction exists, say mental illness, then that problem is taken into consideration along with the drug addiction.
An example of a dual diagnosis would be if a patient was found to be taking drugs to ward off or get through panic attacks, or using a “street” drug, such as cocaine, heroin, or meth, to treat depression. Hey, drug addiction in itself is bad enough. Add mental illness or a chemical imbalance to the mix, and it just multiplies the problem.
For this reason, there are drug rehab centers that deal specifically with “dual diagnosis” patients. And, this does necessarily mean that an alcoholic who is bipolar will be in the same center as the person who suffers panic attacks and is…shall we say “self-medicating”.
Rather, the alcoholic will be in one dedicated facility; the patient with panic attack disorder will be in another, completely separate facility. Each facility will deal with one, and ONLY one, particular problem.
Also, and sort of along the same lines, some drug rehab centers have decided that they will also operate as “stand-alone” facilities, only these places will deal with certain specific members of the population. In other words, there may be a center that accepts those who are gay or lesbian, and are seeking treatment, while another center admits ONLY adolescents—no children, no adults, just teenagers.
All of these sound like excellent ways of approach drug and alcohol rehabilitation. Hey, if it works, if it gets people off drugs, that’s what is important.
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