We hear a lot in the recovery space today about dual diagnosis and co-occurring mental health issues when substance use disorder is brought up, 45% of people fall into this category. While true that many who suffer from substance use struggle with another mental health disorder, it does not always take a secondary diagnosis to […]
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One Size Does Not Fit All
Recovering from addiction is a lifelong undertaking. It also requires shining a light over the past and examining things with the help of others who have been through similar experiences. It often needs outside help or treatment for co-occurring issues, mental or physical. The continuing recovery process includes work in matters mental, physical, emotional, and […]
What Else Co-Exists with Substance Use Disorder?
People with mental health issues often suffer from more than one diagnosis at a time. Dual diagnosis is when a mental health disorder co-occurs with a substance use disorder. They are typically classified together since many of their symptoms impact each other. As such, treatment for any individual with a dual diagnosis should be integrated […]
Why Co-Occurring Disorders Complicate the Recovery Process
Mental illness is one of the leading reasons why thousands of people around the world develop an addiction. Unfortunately, society lacks education about mental illness, and there’s also somewhat of a negative stigma. Co-occurring disorders occur when a person has an addiction as well as a mental illness, and it complicates recovery. How Co-Occurring Disorders Develop Even […]