When an Eating Disorder and a Substance Use Disorder Occur Together: What Integrated Treatment Involves
Addiction, Dual Diagnosis, Eating Disorders, Featured, Mental HealthEating disorders and substance use disorders often occur together, and treating only one tends to leave the other unaddressed. Here is what integrated assessment, level-of-care decisions, and coordinated treatment actually involve, plus the questions worth asking a program.
Trauma-Informed Addiction Treatment: What It Means and What to Ask For
Addiction, Dual Diagnosis, Featured, Mental Health, PTSD, RecoveryTrauma-informed care and trauma treatment are not the same thing. What each term means, how programs differ, and the questions worth asking before admission.
Drinking to Calm Anxiety: Why the Relief Fades and What Treating Both Involves
Alcohol, Anxiety, Dual Diagnosis, FeaturedAlcohol quiets anxiety fast, then tends to rebound it harder. Here is why the pattern tightens, what integrated treatment for co-occurring anxiety and alcohol use disorder involves, and how to stop safely.
Treating ADHD and Substance Use Together: What Integrated Care Involves
Addiction, ADHD, Dual Diagnosis, FeaturedWhen ADHD and a substance use disorder occur together, treating one and ignoring the other rarely holds. Here is what integrated assessment, therapy, and medication management actually involve.
What Trauma-Informed Care Means in Addiction Treatment
Dual Diagnosis, Featured, PTSD, Trauma, TreatmentAlmost every treatment center claims to be trauma-informed. Here is what the term actually describes, how it differs from trauma therapy, and the questions that separate the two.
How to Tell If Bipolar Symptoms Are Caused by Drinking
Bipolar Disorder, Dual Diagnosis, FeaturedSorting out bipolar symptoms and drinking takes a clinical assessment and a period of sobriety. Learn what psychiatrists look for and what to ask.
PHP vs IOP for Co-Occurring Depression: How to Choose
Dual Diagnosis, Featured, OutpatientPHP vs IOP for co-occurring depression: compare hours, psychiatric oversight, insurance criteria, and step-down planning before choosing a program.
How to Treat Depression and Alcohol Use Disorder Together
Depression, Dual Diagnosis, FeaturedWhy treating depression and alcohol use disorder together works better than treating each alone, and how to find integrated dual diagnosis care.
How to Find Treatment for PTSD and Addiction Together
Dual Diagnosis, Featured, PTSDLearn how to find PTSD and addiction treatment together, why integrated dual diagnosis care works, and what to ask a program before admission.
Relationship Between Mental Health and Alcohol Abuse
Alcohol, Dual Diagnosis, Featured, Guest Blog, News, TreatmentBy Geoffrey Booth, Medical Director, LifeSync Malibu
There is an unmistakable connection between alcohol use disorder and co-occurring mental health issues. When a substance use disorder and a coexisting mental health disorder are both present…