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Definition of 'Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)'

The co-existence of a substance abuse disorder with a psychiatric disorder. The diagnostic principle is based on the fact that it has been found often that chemically dependent patients also have psychiatric problems of various degrees of severity.

Common names: Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry); Diagnoses, Dual (Psychiatry); Dual Diagnoses (Psychiatry); Dual Diagnosis (Psychiatry); Dual Diagnosis, Psychiatric; Psychiatric Dual Diagnosis; Diagnoses, Psychiatric Dual; Diagnosis, Psychiatric Dual; Dual Diagnoses, Psychiatric; Psychiatric Dual Diagnoses

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Monday, November 23, 2009

The influence of neighborhood environment on treatment continuity and rehospitalization in dually diagnosed patients discharged from acute inpatient care.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: Environmental contingencies inherent in neighborhoods and communities have been shown to affect individual behavior. The authors analyzed neighborhood and individual factors predicting initial outpatient treatment attendance and ... Read more...


Preventing evictions as a potential public health intervention: characteristics and social medical risk factors of households at risk in Amsterdam.

5 Aug 2009 AIMS: The public health problems precipitating eviction are understudied and no systemic data have been collected. We aim to identify the magnitude of eviction and the characteristics and social medical risk factors of households at risk in ... Read more...


Approach to treatment of mental illness and substance dependence in remote Indigenous communities: results of a mixed methods study.

30 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVE: To develop and evaluate a culturally adapted brief intervention for Indigenous people with chronic mental illness. DESIGN: A mixed methods design in which an exploratory phase of qualitative research was followed by a nested randomised ... Read more...

 

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Definition: The co-existence of a substance abuse disorder with a psychiatric disorder. The diagnostic principle is based on the fact that it has been found often that chemically dependent patients also have psychiatric problems of various degrees of severity.

Descriptor UI: D017831

Alternative terms: Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry); Diagnoses, Dual (Psychiatry); Dual Diagnoses (Psychiatry); Dual Diagnosis (Psychiatry); Dual Diagnosis, Psychiatric; Psychiatric Dual Diagnosis; Diagnoses, Psychiatric Dual; Diagnosis, Psychiatric Dual; Dual Diagnoses, Psychiatric; Psychiatric Dual Diagnoses; Dual Diagnosis; Diagnoses, Dual; Diagnosis, Dual; Dual Diagnoses; Psychiatric Diagnosis, Dual; Diagnoses, Dual Psychiatric; Diagnosis, Dual Psychiatric; Dual Psychiatric Diagnoses; Dual Psychiatric Diagnosis; Psychiatric Diagnoses, Dual;

Allowable Qualifiers: contraindications; ethics; adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: E01.190;

History Note: 94

Technical Notes: restrict to substance abuse with ment disord; IM GEN only; coord NIM with specific addiction (IM) + specific ment disord (IM); DF: DUAL DIAG

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