Importance of a Dual Diagnosis in Rehab Mental HealthBy The RanchMay 6, 2015The most effective kind of rehab for substance use disorders is that which addresses all the varied needs of the patient as an individual. This means screening for and treating mental illnesses alongside addiction. It is common for someone who abuses substances to have a mental illness as well. Up to half of all people…
Parents’ Cigarette, Alcohol Use Ups Risk for Dual Diagnosis in Adult Children AlcoholismBy The RanchApril 14, 2015New research finds that a young adult’s risk for dual diagnosis is linked to having a mother who smokes cigarettes and who displays an unusually low amount of parent-child attachment. In addition, the researchers concluded that children born to fathers with serious alcohol problems are also at risk for simultaneously occurring problems with substance abuse/addiction…
What Helps and Hinders Recovery from a Dual Diagnosis? Articles>Early RecoveryBy The RanchFebruary 19, 2015People with a dual diagnosis are simultaneously affected by a diagnosable case of substance use disorder (substance abuse/addiction) and a diagnosable case of a separate mental health disorder. Mental health professionals and addiction specialists are well-aware that affected individuals commonly have worse outcomes than their counterparts only dealing with substance use disorder or only dealing…
Dual-Diagnosis: Anorexia and the Prevalence of Self-Harm Articles>Eating DisordersBy The RanchJanuary 31, 2015Liv was 12 the first time she shoved away from the dinner table, declaring, “I’m too fat!” Her mother was shocked that such a young girl could have those feelings, and her father didn’t take her seriously. No one could have known that Liv had been nurturing such fears for over a year, and that…
Gamblers, Alcoholics Share Risk/Reward Brain Changes, Differ on Cost Assessment Articles>Mental HealthBy The RanchNovember 21, 2014Addiction researchers have firmly established that some of the damaging brain changes found in people with non-substance-based behavioral addictions are roughly equivalent to the damaging changes found in the brains of people addicted to drugs, medications or alcohol. In a study published in 2014 in the journal Addiction Biology, a team of German researchers compared…
Substance Abuse, Psychosis Affect Men and Women Differently Articles>Mental HealthBy The RanchOctober 29, 2014Significant numbers of the people in the U.S. dealing with serious substance-related issues also have symptoms of a highly destabilizing mental state called psychosis. Some affected individuals meet the basic criteria used to identify a substance- and mental health-related condition called dual diagnosis. In a study published in September 2014 in the Journal of Dual…
