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Dual-Diagnosis: Mental Health and Addiction

Dual-Diagnosis: Mental Health and Addiction

What is Dual-Diagnosis?  When a person has dual diagnoses they suffer from both mental illness and substance use disorder. People who suffer from both can use substances to self-medicate the symptoms they are suffering from caused by their mental illness. When a person is suffering from dual-diagnosis both conditions need to be treated together. It … Read more

What is Addiction?

What is Addiction?

Addiction and Substance Use Disorder  Addiction is a complex issue where a person is using substances despite harmful consequences. It can be a condition called substance use disorder. Substance use disorder (SUD) is now the terminology most commonly used amongst professionals. Changing the language from addiction to substance use disorder has helped to curve some … Read more

Is Klonopin Addictive?

Is Klonopin Addictive?

What is Klonopin and is it Addictive? According to a benzodiazepine statistic in 2011, over 20 million people aged 12 and older are reported to have abused benzos at some point in their livers. This is a remarkable number and concerning seeing as the age range is very wide and affects teens significantly. From these … Read more