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Assessment and Treatment of Patients with Coexisting Mental Illness and Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse
Assessment and Treatment of Patients with Coexisting Mental Illness and Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse -- Index -- Dual Disorders: Concepts and Definitions -- Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Systems: Philosophical and Treatment Approach Issue -- Linkages for Mental...
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Success Stories
These stories have been written by consumers diagnosed with co-occurring disorders, and were published in The Dual Network Journal published by Foundations. They tell the stories of living with a dual diagnosis and the struggle to get the help they needed. , A Consumer's Story , A Consumer's Story Read Success Stories
Chapter 2 -- Dual Disorders: Concepts and Definitions
Chapter 2 -- Dual Disorders: Concepts and Definitions The Relationships Between AOD Use and Psychiatric Symptoms and Disorders Establishing an accurate diagnosis for patients in addiction and mental health settings is an important and multifaceted aspect of the treatment process. Clinicians must discriminate between acute primary psychiatric disorders and psychiatric symptoms caused by alcohol and other drugs (AODs). To do so, clinicians must obtain a thorough...
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Appendixes B, C, D
Appendix B -- Treatment of Patients With Dual Disorders: Sample Cost Data To provide readers with illustrative data on the costs of running programs for patients with dual disorders, the consensus panel Chair obtained data on actual costs during fiscal year 1991-1992 from three programs in urban areas. One program, on the West Coast, provided day and evening intensive outpatient services. The second, in the Northeast, provided intensive outpatient services during the day....
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Chapter 3 -- Mental Health And Addiction Treatment Systems: Philosophical and Treatment Approach Issues
Chapter 3 -- Mental Health And Addiction Treatment Systems: Philosophical and Treatment Approach Issues Introduction For people with dual disorders, the attempt to obtain professional help can be bewildering and confusing. They may have problems arising within themselves as a result of their psychiatric and AOD use disorders as well as problems of external origin that derive from the conflicts, limitations, and clashing philosophies of the mental health and...
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Chapter 5 -- Mood Disorders
Chapter 5 -- Mood Disorders Definitions and Diagnoses The term mood describes a pervasive and sustained emotional state that may affect all aspects of an individual's life and perceptions. Mood disorders are pathologically elevated or depressed disturbances of mood, and include full or partial episodes of depression or mania. A mood episode (for example, major depression) is a cluster of symptoms that occur together for a discrete period of time....
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Chapter 6 -- Anxiety Disorders
Chapter 6 -- Anxiety Disorders Definitions and Diagnoses The anxiety disorders are the most common group of psychiatric disorders. The term anxiety refers to the sensations of nervousness, tension, apprehension, and fear that emanate from the anticipation of danger, which may be internal or external. Anxiety disorders describe different clusters of signs and symptoms of anxiety, panic, and phobias. A panic attack is a distinct period of...
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Chapter 8 -- Psychotic Disorders
Chapter 8 -- Psychotic Disorders Dual-Focus Perspective This chapter is an overview of current assessment and treatment principles for patients with alcohol and other drug (AOD) use disorders and psychosis. Along with an increased awareness of the treatment needs of patients with these dual disorders, an increased emphasis on service systems has evolved. These and other forces have prompted the need to reassess traditional models and service approaches to develop...
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Appendix A -- Bibliography
Approaches to Drug Abuse Counseling U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health Introduction and Overview John J. Boren, Lisa Simon Onken, and Kathleen M. Carroll The consequences of drug and alcohol abuse in the United States are enormously costly. Although the costs can be evaluated in dollars, they are more readily understood in human terms: family discord, neglect of children, personal misery, financial...
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Approaches to Drug Abuse Counseling
Approaches to Drug Abuse Counseling U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health Author: Kathleen M. Carroll, Ph.D. Yale University Public Domain Notice All material appearing in this report is in the public domain and may be reproduced without permission from the National Institute on Drug Abuse or the authors. Citation of the source is appreciated. Disclaimer Opinions...
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