How Does Drug Addiction Recovery Treatment Work for Dual Disorders?
As stated earlier, addiction recovery treatment is most effective when simultaneously providing treatment for dual disorders is possible. In the case of drug or alcohol addiction and a psychiatric problem, the first step in the addiction recovery treatment would be drug detox. As the patient begins to stabilize from the drug detox symptoms, a psychiatric evaluation can be performed by a board certified psychiatrist. The goal of this evaluation is to determine the extent of the psychiatric diagnosis and the proper course of treatment. When the addiction recovery plan is complete, the therapist meets with the psychiatrist to add the psychiatric recovery plan to the addiction recovery plan. Together they will form a foundation for the patient to begin his or her psychiatric and drug addiction treatment.
