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Mental health issues can overwhelm those who are affected and their loved ones. Addiction is similarly distressing for the individual and their families. And when the two issues merge, an even bigger challenge arises. This intersection, according to psychiatrist Akhil Anand, MD, is called dual diagnosis or co-occurrence. “We see a large overlap between substance use disorders and mental health issues,” says Dr. Anand. “For example, substance use disorders are twice as common in those diagnosed with anxiety or depression than they are in t ...
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Dual diagnosis means someone has both a mental illness and a substance use problem.
Mental disorders, such as anxiety, often accompany an addiction. When co-occurring disorders are present, the individual has a dual diagnosis.
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Symptoms The defining characteristic of dual diagnosis is that both a mental health and substance abuse disorder occur simultaneously. Because there are many combinations of disorders that...
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