Treatment of Dual Diagnosis
"There are those, to, who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them do recover if they have the capacity to be honest."
BTL and its staff take an integrated treatment approach to Dual Diagnosis, rather than sequential treatment of chemical dependency and mental disorders. Our team members understand the concept of chemical dependency as a primary disease yet, at the same time, recognize that untreated psychiatric disorders are a contributing factor to a relapse. All of our staff are trained and experienced in recognizing how addiction interplays with other disorders. We have therefore been able to help many people who previously could not maintain recovery.
We utilize a Psychiatrist as a member of our professional team.
Our psychiatrist is board
certified in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
and certified in Addiction Medicine by the American Society of Addiction
Medicine.
Specialized treatment plans are developed to assist with problematic areas. Clients are given individualized treatment and therapy to assist them in developing coping strategies and structure for daily living.
Structure and discipline are essential to successful sobriety. Our daily routine and behavioral guidelines are designed to assist the dual diagnosed Client in developing these two qualities. The un-manageability and self-indulgence of the addictive life style must be replaced by a personal responsibility and developing self-care in respect to both diagnoses. We assist the Client in developing self-discipline and consistency around taking medications. We also teach the Client to eliminate the drug addiction mentality that they know what is best for them and, instead of practicing self-diagnosis, relinquish control of their treatment and medication therapy to the direction of their treatment team. Such thinking errors often cause relapse unless interrupted and replaced by conscious effort to manage both diagnoses simultaneously.
Also strategic in the treatment of those with dual diagnoses is our combination of traditional forms of treatment with other philosophical and experiential therapies. This combination of treatment methods allows us to recognize and confront problematic behavior and thinking errors that show up in the Clients everyday life. It is like they have been asleep dreaming that they were awake. We wake them up to their powerlessness over alcohol and drug and direct them towards recognizing the reasons for their prior relapses. The staff helps Client's make the connection between everyday behavior and relapse, and then teaches them how to manage their psychiatric disorder within the context of sobriety and working an ongoing recovery program.
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