Dual Diagnosis
What is Dual Diagnosis?
Dual diagnosis is a term used to describe individuals who suffer from an illness characterized by more than one diagnosis. Since drug addiciton and other disorders are often combined, it's not unusual for an individual seeking treatment for an addiction find that another disorder is present. In fact, up to 70 percent of chemically dependent individuals may suffer from undiagnosed and untreated secondary diagnoses.
Our Dual Diagnosis Program is well suited for clients who require help with more than one problem. In addition to treatment for drug addiction, we offer therapy for eating disorders, gambling problems, and more.
Counseling is an important part of care. Our clients receive individual and/or group therapy for any additional diagnosis that may accompany chemical dependency. Our medical director performs all initial client evaluations. Our clinical director, who also specializes in marriage and family counseling, coordinates our clinical program. In addition, we have on staff a specialist who helps clients in the areas of trauma resolution and post-traumatic stress disorder. Our counselors are certified in many areas, including the treatment of gambling, eating disorders, life skills and relapse prevention. These highly skilled and qualified people act as our case managers, and they provide an important one-on-one link with each of our clients and their families.
Our entire clinical staff meets weekly to review the progress of every client in our facility. We have found that a client's progress is best determined when a multidisciplinary team approach is used. If it is determined that a client needs assistance with any other diagnosis or disorder, he or she is referred to the appropriate individual and group counselors for appropriate sessions.
Sometimes medication is a necessary part of treatment, especially in cases of dual diagnosis. Our medical performs initial evaluations and monitors each client who requires medication.
We treat a wide variety of clients and dependencies. However, once in awhile a client comes to us with a diagnosis beyond the scope of our care. In such instances, we can refer the client to an expert in their required specialty outside our treatment centers. We help these special-needs clients find qualified specialists and even provide the transportation and supervision that may be required to get the client to and from an outside therapist's office.
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