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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 576267" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>Another thing we learned is that research has shown that hitting bottom is not the solution when there is a dual diagnosis. You can't treat addiction first and then the mental illness and vice versa. There has to be an integrated treatment for both. It makes sense to me because if you treat the addiction but not the mental illness causing the self-medication the mental illness will drive the person back to self medicating. And you can't treat the mental illness when the substance abuse is clouding the brain. </p><p></p><p>Even my difficult child said to her cousin on the way down to detox that she was glad that there was a mental health component to where she was going. She believes that her substance abuse is due to her mental health issues.</p><p></p><p>Tonight made me feel that difficult child is in the right place since they specialize in dual diagnosis.</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 576267, member: 1967"] Another thing we learned is that research has shown that hitting bottom is not the solution when there is a dual diagnosis. You can't treat addiction first and then the mental illness and vice versa. There has to be an integrated treatment for both. It makes sense to me because if you treat the addiction but not the mental illness causing the self-medication the mental illness will drive the person back to self medicating. And you can't treat the mental illness when the substance abuse is clouding the brain. Even my difficult child said to her cousin on the way down to detox that she was glad that there was a mental health component to where she was going. She believes that her substance abuse is due to her mental health issues. Tonight made me feel that difficult child is in the right place since they specialize in dual diagnosis. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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