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Managing the dually diagnosed patient
- Editors:
- O'CONNELL David, BEYER Eileen
- Publisher:
- Haworth Press
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 352p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Binghamton, NY
Provides information on special treatment considerations for women and adolescents and examines the restrictions placed on treatment in the age of managed care. The book addresses the theoretical, conceptual, and practical issues involved in caring for dually diagnosed patients. Treatment professionals from hospitals, medical schools, addiction treatment programs, and dual disorder units examine the critical issues in the assessment and treatment of dually diagnosed individuals and offer an up-to-date review of research and rehabilitation. Topics covered: substance abuse and psychopathology; psychodiagnostic assessment; training issues for dealing with comorbidity; how collaboration with other helping professionals can improve your treatment of dually diagnosed patients; understanding and treating the psychiatric problems common within chemically dependent populations-affective disorders, such as anxiety disorders, personality disorders, and schizophrenia.