Drug Rehab Alcohol Treatment USA » co-occurring http://blog.treatmentusa.com (888) 842-3167 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:57:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 What is Dual Diagnosis? http://blog.treatmentusa.com/2009/07/what-is-dual-diagnosis/ http://blog.treatmentusa.com/2009/07/what-is-dual-diagnosis/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:37:51 +0000 admin http://blog.treatmentusa.com/?p=65 Person who has alcohol or else drug problem and emotional or psychiatric problem is been said to have dual diagnosis.  To recover completely, person needs a treatment for both the problems.

How Common Is the Dual Diagnosis?

Dual diagnosis is common than you may imagine. According to report published by Journal of American Medical Association*:  37 % of the alcohol abusers & 53 % percent of the drug abusers have one severe mental illness. Of all the people been diagnosed as mentally ill, around 29 % abuse alcohol or drugs.

Term dual diagnosis is used interchangeably with terms co-occurring illnesses, co-morbidity, co morbid disorders, concurrent disorders, dual disorder, co-occurring disorder, and double trouble. The professional literature has been used in confusing range of terms & acronyms to explain co-occurring disorders or dual diagnosis.

Individuals who knowledge dual diagnosis face a wide variety of psychosocial issues & might experience numerous interacting illnesses.

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