Dual Diagnosis Treatment Centers Los Angeles

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California Dual Diagnosis Helpline
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What Is Dual Diagnosis?

• The term dual diagnosis refers to a situation
  where a person suffers from alcoholism/drug
  addiction and a co-occurring mental illness. This
  term is synonymous with co-occurring mental
  health disorders. According to the Substance
  Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  (SAMHSA), four million Americans are living with
  dual diagnosis. Sadly, many who struggle with
  dual diagnosis only pursue treatment for their
  addiction and negate seeking additional treatment
  for their mental health disorder and prevents
  them from progressing in their recovery.

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Symptoms Of Dual Diagnosis

• Symptoms of dual diagnosis include those
  associated with both drug addiction and mental
  illnesses. It is often difficult to differentiate
  between the two sometimes because both
  alcoholism/drug addiction and some mental health
  disorders share common signs to some degree. It
  is easier to properly diagnose a patient when he
  or she is no longer under the influence of drugs
  or alcohol.
• Some common signs of drug addiction in next slide

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Symptoms Of Dual Diagnosis

• Physical health issues like unusual lack of
  energy and motivation
• Erratic changes in behavior like excessive
  secrecy and extreme efforts to isolate themselves
  from family members and friends
• Suspicious spending habits such as asking
  constantly for money without any significant
  reason
• Drastic weight loss
• Person appears to get defensive without reason
  and is abnormally aggressive
• Decline in physical hygiene

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Dual Diagnosis Options

• Few drug treatment programs specialize in
  treating co-occurring mental health conditions
  and drug addiction. Dual diagnosis treatment
  programs combine the most effective aspects of
  substance abuse treatment and mental health care.
  Treatments for both co-occurring conditions run
  parallel and are optimal when combined with the
  use of an integrated drug and alcohol treatment
  program.
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Inpatient Treatment

• Inpatient treatment programs for patients with
  dual diagnosis offers the patients a clean and
  safe place to stay during their early sobriety.
  It provides them with a clean and safe place to
  stay while they attend recovery groups and rehab
  therapy. While staying at the facility, they are
  subject to its rules and regulations and submit
  drug screenings regularly. This form of treatment
  can often be the most beneficial because it
  separates the addict from its old environment
  with a new one that is recovery-centered and
  holds them accountable.

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Outpatient Treatment

• Outpatient treatment offers some of the same
  benefits as an inpatient facility except it
  allows patients to reside outside of the
  facility. These are often referred to as
  intensive outpatient (IOP) programs. They offer
  clients access to recovery-centered groups and
  individual therapy sessions. This option is often
  used by patients subsequently following their
  completion of an inpatient treatment program.
  These programs offer patients the option to
  continue treatment once after complete their
  initial stay and reside in a transitional living
  or sober living environment.

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Recovery Groups In California

• Recovery groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
  and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) are 12-step based
  programs that have helped millions of alcoholics
  and drug addicts to recover from their addiction
  and help others in the recovery process. Both
  have no dues or fees to join and provide members
  with meetings every day of the week. Many other
  12-step groups have been established in the past
  few decades which run on the same principles as
  these two groups and can appeal to alcoholics and
  addicts from all walks of life.
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Contact Us

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