The Connection Between Addiction Treatment And Depression Recovery

Depression treatment and drug treatment are very often different sides of the same coin. Addiction, after all, is a disease with psychological roots, and addiction recovery must always entail psychological healing. An addict who suffers from severe depression, then, can't get sober without first achieving emotional well-being. Anyone who tells you otherwise has badly misconstrued the nature of the healing process.

Unfortunately, many of the most high-profile addiction treatment facilities in Los Angeles fail to recognize the connection between addiction treatment and depression recovery. Whether you have post traumatic stress disorder or a borderline personality disorder, dual diagnosis is essential to a successful recovery. As should probably go without saying, those facilities do a disservice to their clients, who all too often fail to achieve sustainable and meaningful recovery. Given the stakes in the fight against addiction, those sorts of results are simply unacceptable.

The good news in all this is that Cliffside Malibu is different. Cliffside's expert caregivers understand the fundamental relationship between sobriety and psychological well-being, whether you are suffering from an eating disorder, depression, or a drug addiction. That's why Cliffside employs dual diagnosis techniques in assessing the physical and mental health of each and every one of its clients. It's also why so many of those clients achieve long-term addiction recovery. In the end, it's hard to imagine that any selling point could ever matter more than that one.

If you'd like more information on this topic, please call 1-800-501-1988, or visit our website at www.cliffsidemalibu.com .

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