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Dual Diagnosis

What is dual diagnosis?

If you have a dual diagnosis, that means that you have both a mental disorder and a substance use disorder (SUD), either with alcohol or drugs. A dual diagnosis is a type of comorbidity, which is when someone has two disorders at the same time. Another name for this is co-occurring disorders.

Mental and substance use disorders often occur together. Many people who develop SUDs are also diagnosed with mental disorders. And the reverse is true; many people with mental disorders will develop an SUD. Having both types of disorders is even more common in teenagers, people with serious mental illness, and people with certain mental disorders.

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  1. Dual Diagnosis (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is dual diagnosis? If you have a dual diagnosis, that means that you have both a mental disorder and a substance ... disorder (SUD), either with alcohol or drugs. A dual diagnosis is a type of comorbidity, which is when ...
  2. Dual Diagnosis of Down Syndrome and Autism (National Down Syndrome Society)  
    Dual Diagnosis of Down Syndrome and Autism
  3. ClinicalTrials.gov: Dual Diagnosis From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Dual Diagnosis/Clinical Trials ... Dual Diagnosis
  4. dual diagnosis, drug abuse, substance abuse and mental health, mental illness and drugs, self-medication, depression and alcohol, ...
  5. Antidepressants and Alcohol: What's the Concern? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)  
    Alcohol/Related Issues ... Alcohol ... Antidepressants/Related Issues ... Antidepressants ... Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
  6. Down Syndrome (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is Down syndrome? Down syndrome is a condition in which a person has an extra chromosome or an extra piece of a chromosome. This extra copy changes ...
  7. Drug Use and Addiction (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... with an addiction, it is known as a dual diagnosis. It is important to treat both problems. This ...
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  9. ... 3 screens]. Available from: https://www.dualdiagnosis.org/dual-diagnosis-treatment/diagnostic-statistical-manual Mayo Clinic [Internet]. Mayo ...
  10. Bipolar Disorder and Alcoholism: Are They Related? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)  
    Dual Diagnosis/Learn More ... Dual Diagnosis
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