Walking the fine line of diagnosing psychosis and/or drug abuse is difficult for many clinicians who are inexperienced in the field.
What may look like drug-induced mania on the outside could, in fact, be psychosis induced mania from a mental illness such as bipolar disorder. Or, even potentially more dangerous: both.
“When you deal with issues of drug abuse, there is always another facet of an individual’s life that is imperative to address: their mental state aside from drug use,” begins a spokesperson for Mountainside
Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center in Canaan, CT. “It’s easy to attribute odd behaviors to drug use and, sometimes, that’s a correct assumption. But, we find that many times individuals are dealing with two or more issues. That’s why It is important to make certain that, when a loved one enters drug rehab, all aspects of their lives will be fully evaluated - from the physical and social, to the mental and emotional. Co-occurring disorders often create a chicken and egg scenario. Did the drug or alcohol use drive the erratic behavior or were the drugs and alcohol used to attempt to manage behaviors or feelings? Without proper diagnosis and concurrent treatment, most individuals will not be able to maintain long-term sobriety.”
The National Alliance on Mental Illness states that more than 40 percent of individuals with some type of substance abuse problem, also have an underlying, co-existing mental illness. The National Institute on Drug abuse, however, puts that figure at nearly 60 percent.
For the past 13 years, Mountainside Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center has prided itself in providing specialized diagnosis of all aspects of the individual to determine if, in addition to the drug and/or alcohol abuse, there are other underlying conditions. Viewed by its peers as innovators within the addiction treatment field, Mountainside’s team of licensed, credentialed professionals utilize the most cutting-edge approaches in evaluating the individual and determining the needed treatment plan.
The compassionate, caring treatment team at Mountainside is comprised of licensed and certified counselors and social workers as well as a Nurse Practitioner and a Registered Nurse, both of whom have specialization and extensive experience in drug addiction and alcohol treatment.
As a result of their unique, innovative approaches to addiction treatment over the past 13 years, Mountainside has become the model for the addiction treatment field.
The program, along with its professional addiction treatment team, have earned national recognition and resulted in Mountainside being invited to Washington by the White House to meet with the White House Drug Czar, John P. Waters, for an in-depth meeting on what makes its program so successful. These accolades did not go unnoticed within the addiction treatment field and resulted in the adoption by many throughout the country of a more holistic approach to drug addiction treatment.
If you or someone you love is addicted to drugs or alcohol, or if you have any questions, please contact Mountainside
Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center for a confidential inquiry at 800-762-5433.
