Dual Diagnosis Treatment Facility

About a third of all of the people who abuse alcohol and half of all people who abuse drugs also have symptoms of a mental illness, says the National Alliance on Mental Illness. A dual diagnosis of addiction and mental illness can be devastating, as people with these issues tend to experience more distress than people who have just one of the two problems. However, a dual diagnosis treatment facility like Orlando Recovery Center can provide real, effective, targeted help that could help your family, and the person you love, to heal.

Integrated Care

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration suggests that integrated treatment, in which both the addiction and the mental illness are addressed at the same time, provides the best outcomes for people with co-occurring issues. Any expert dual diagnosis treatment program will provide this kind of care. At Orlando Recovery Center, the team takes treatment just a step further.

Those who enroll in dual diagnosis treatment at Orlando Recovery Center are treated to a comprehensive intake assessment that’s designed to uncover any mental illness that might be lurking beneath an addiction issue. Comprehensive urine and blood tests are provided, too, so teams get a good feel for the drugs that might be in play.

Then, the team develops a program that involves:

• Individual therapy
• Family therapy
• Group therapy
• Medication management
• Education
• Nutrition
• Fitness
• Alternative medicine
• Addiction support groups

Every single person who is part of the treatment team is aware of the complexities of a dual diagnosis problem. Every therapy provided is meant to help with both the addiction and the mental illness at the same time.

A Dual Diagnosis Primer

No one is quite sure why addictions and mental illnesses tend to go together. Some researchers suggest that brain vulnerability plays a role, so people at risk for addiction also tend to be at risk for mental illness. Other researchers suggest that self-soothing causes a dual diagnosis. People with a mental illness medicate with drugs, and that medication causes addiction. Still others suggest that the damage caused by drug abuse leads inexorably to mental illness, so the two problems must always be connected.

These are thorny, and theoretical, questions. It may take years for researchers to really come to grips with the source of co-occurring issues. But one thing is certain – people who have a dual diagnosis tend to need a different kind of care than those who do not have one.

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Staying Involved

Integrated programs like this provide the best chance of long-term recovery, but as a study in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research points out, length of stay in care is also associated with healing rate. In other words, those who stay in care tend to recover at a rate superior to that seen in people who end care earlier.

Orlando Recovery Center boosts recovery by providing a soothing, beautiful healing environment. This is the sort of place where people will want to stay, because they’ll feel safe and comforted. There are plenty of home-like amenities that will make that stay pleasant, including exercise facilities, gourmet meals, and comfortable sleeping spaces.

Enrolling in Orlando Recovery Center is really easy. Just call the number at the top of the page, and you’ll be connected to an admissions specialist. Outline the issues your family is facing and explain why you’d like to enroll, and that enrollment process will begin right over the phone. It’s quick and easy, and everything you say will be kept confidential.