Dual-Diagnosis

Klonopin, also known by its generic name clonazepam, is a benzodiazepine approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration to treat panic disorders. It is also used to treat specific types of [...]

Alcohol addiction is a disease that, in time, leads to harmful impacts on your physical and psychological health. Choosing to seek addiction treatment at a luxury addiction treatment facility [...]

Psychoactive drugs are also referred to as psychotropic drugs. Either term is used to describe a group of chemical substances that change someone’s mental state by altering how the brain [...]

Since the early 1990’s the number of prescriptions written and filled for painkillers (prescription opioids) has increased dramatically. In some states, the rate of prescriptions written is as [...]

Methamphetamines are artificially manufactured stimulant drugs. They have been around for quite some time. As far back as World War II, methamphetamines were provided to soldiers to help keep [...]

When someone is referred to as an alcoholic, it often means they are viewed as having a problem with alcohol. They either drink too much, drink too often, or maybe they drink too much too often. [...]

The terms chemical dependency and addiction are frequently used interchangeably. However, it is important to note they are not one and the same. Although many addicts are chemically dependent on [...]

Statistics show as many as half of those who seek treatment for a substance use disorder also struggle with a mental illness (or vice versa). In some cases, they may be aware of one diagnosis or [...]

No two people experience the struggles of addiction in the same way. For this reason, addiction treatment programs must be designed to address the unique physical, psychological and holistic [...]

A co-occurring disorder happens when someone struggles with a mental health condition and a substance use disorder at the same time. This is also referred to as a dual diagnosis or comorbidity. [...]