Understanding Dual Diagnosis
When someone has both a mental health problem and a substance problem.
What is dual diagnosis?
Feeling sad, hopeless, or empty.
What is depression?
Alcohol can make this mental health problem worse.
What is depression?
Painful experiences that affect the mind and body.
What is trauma?
Medicine that helps with depression, anxiety, or cravings.
What are psychiatric medications?
Using drugs or alcohol to deal with feelings like sadness or anxiety.
What is self-medication?
Feeling nervous, worried, or panicky.
What is anxiety?
Stimulants like meth can cause this mental health problem.
What is anxiety or paranoia?
Many people use drugs to escape this feeling.
What is emotional pain?
Talking to a counselor about thoughts and feelings.
What is therapy?
Depression, anxiety, and PTSD are examples of this.
What are mental health disorders?
Having flashbacks or nightmares after trauma.
What is PTSD?
Drugs can make mood swings more extreme in this disorder.
What is bipolar disorder?
*DAILY DOUBLE*
Feeling numb or disconnected from feelings.
What is dissociation?
Support from others who understand addiction.
What are peer support groups?
Substance use that makes mental health symptoms worse.
What is substance-induced worsening?
Feeling very high, energetic, or not needing sleep.
What is mania?
*DAILY DOUBLE*
Heavy drug use can lead to this loss of touch with reality.
What is psychosis?
Trauma can make cravings do this.
What is increase?
Treatment that helps both mental health and addiction.
What is dual-diagnosis treatment?
Treating mental health and addiction at the same time.
What is integrated treatment?
Seeing or hearing things that aren’t there.
What are hallucinations?
Using substances can increase this dangerous thought.
What is suicidal thinking?
Talking about trauma in therapy helps reduce this.
What is relapse risk?
Making a plan to stay stable after detox.
What is aftercare?