Tag Archives: Co-Occurring Disorder

Addiction & Eating Disorders: How Common is a Dual Diagnosis

Woman struggling with dual diagnosis In recent years, there has been a significant connection between addictions and eating disorders. This dual diagnosis is becoming more apparent, especially in women. Studies have shown that up 35% of individuals with eating disorders also have an alcohol or substance abuse comorbid disorder, compared with 3% of the general population [1]. Both groups share [...]
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How Do I Know if I Need a Dual Diagnosis Treatment Program?

Woman sitting next to her car Dual Diagnosis is also referred to as co-occurring disorders and can be defined as when a person has both a substance abuse disorder and a mental illness at the same time. Either disorder can develop first and typically symptoms worsen with the development of substance use to manage the symptoms of the mental health disorder. [...]
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Depression & Sex Addiction: How Can God Help Me?

Man struggling with a Sex Addiction “The terrible, tragic fallacy of the last hundred years has been to think that all man's troubles are due to his environment, and that to change the man you have nothing to do but change his environment. That is a tragic fallacy. It overlooks the fact that it was in Paradise that man fell.” [1] [...]
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The Doctor Who Destroyed Her Life: Cocaine and Dr. Cerveny

Doctor Discussing Over the Counter Medications A young mother of three, dermatologist, and beauty queen lost her life lying in an apartment doorway after a drug overdose. Marc Henry Johnson pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact in the death of Dr. Kiersten Rickenbach Cerveny. Johnson, an HBO producer, admitted to leaving Cerveny in the doorway of an apartment building in [...]
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The Unique Challenges of Co-Occurring Disorders

Woman in hat struggling with co-occurring addictions When someone with an addiction walks through the doors of a treatment facility, there is likely more to their story than the substance abuse that has led them there. There is a person that needs to be healed mentally and physically. Statistics show that they’ve most likely experienced some type of trauma or they are [...]
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