As clinicians take more time to treat patients and they begin to see withdrawal symptoms diminish and symptoms which resemble withdrawal remain. These symptoms which accompany drug addiction and alcoholism are termed a dual diagnosis or dual disorder. These people require dual diagnosis treatment and dual diagnosis treatment in a residential treatment center.The reason behind a residential treatment center is that as different medications are tried to manage the dual diagnosis symptoms cravings to use heighten.
Treatment for dual diagnosis takes time and is more complex that treatment for addiction. Treatment for addiction is pretty straight forward, while treatment for dual diagnosis is alot of give and take, coupled with a comprehensive relapse and discharge plan. Make sure the residential treatment center has a good psychiatrist that understands treatment for addiction.