A family’s experience
How are health services recognising and responding to the issue of comorbidity (dual diagnosis)?
The co-occurrence of substance misuse with other psychiatric disorders is increasingly recognised as a major public health problem. (Abou-Saleh.M, 2004). People with dual diagnosis have compound needs relating to health, social and psyhological stress which can often worse by their substance misuse. Health services recognising and responding to issue that how they engaging the services, maintain them in treatment, using intervention which are motivation to change and facilitate into the community.
In the case study, there were no one to help him and his mother. She tried to seek for help from alcohol and other drug services, medical professions or rehabilitation program non of services couldn’t help her. However, she found new case manager who actually had been trained related to dual diagnosis and able to provide strength to address the addiction issues …show more content…
In the case study the quote says, “The doctor did not support the concern about drug use and suggest counselling”. To support this quote found in the article, “Many doctors and therapists don’t understand the diseases of alcoholism and addiction” it is very complicate even doctors and other therapist experiencing difficult to assess and find the main issue. ( Reardon, C., 2013). People with co-occurring illness are very difficult to treat their substance-use problems without also treating their mental health disorders. Co-occurring mental health and illegal substance both should effectively treated at the same time, place, treatment and recovery team members. It is important to have new facilities and collaborative approach to treatment that focuses on reinforcing the people sense of self-worth and preventing relapses in the
How are health services recognising and responding to the issue of comorbidity (dual diagnosis)?
The co-occurrence of substance misuse with other psychiatric disorders is increasingly recognised as a major public health problem. (Abou-Saleh.M, 2004). People with dual diagnosis have compound needs relating to health, social and psyhological stress which can often worse by their substance misuse. Health services recognising and responding to issue that how they engaging the services, maintain them in treatment, using intervention which are motivation to change and facilitate into the community.
In the case study, there were no one to help him and his mother. She tried to seek for help from alcohol and other drug services, medical professions or rehabilitation program non of services couldn’t help her. However, she found new case manager who actually had been trained related to dual diagnosis and able to provide strength to address the addiction issues …show more content…
In the case study the quote says, “The doctor did not support the concern about drug use and suggest counselling”. To support this quote found in the article, “Many doctors and therapists don’t understand the diseases of alcoholism and addiction” it is very complicate even doctors and other therapist experiencing difficult to assess and find the main issue. ( Reardon, C., 2013). People with co-occurring illness are very difficult to treat their substance-use problems without also treating their mental health disorders. Co-occurring mental health and illegal substance both should effectively treated at the same time, place, treatment and recovery team members. It is important to have new facilities and collaborative approach to treatment that focuses on reinforcing the people sense of self-worth and preventing relapses in the