Dual-Diagnosis Treatment

Whether inpatient or outpatient, detoxification is often the first step toward recovery. Inpatient detoxification is typically more successful, as medical experts will closely monitor you 24/7 until you are stable.

To assist you in starting tapering off the drug and reducing withdrawal symptoms, rehab specialists may use the drug itself or as a medicinal replacement. The drug will be administered in reducing quantities until you no longer need them to function normally.

The aim is to help your body gradually get used to the reduced amount of the drug in your bloodstream until you stop using it entirely without experiencing withdrawal symptoms.

Approved drugs are sometimes used to treat patients suffering from severe addiction withdrawal symptoms and mental health issues.

Medications used to treat mental illness in a dual diagnosis plan include:

Antidepressants: These drugs are often used to treat depressive disorders. SSRIs (Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors), SNRIs (serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors), and bupropion are examples of these medications.

Anti-anxiety medicine: This is a kind of drug that aids in the reduction of anxiety symptoms. Benzos (benzodiazepines) are the most often prescribed anxiety drugs.

Stimulants: Are generally used to treat ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder).

Antipsychotics: These drugs treat psychosis in people with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.

Stabilizers of moods: These drugs are primarily used to relieve symptoms of bipolar and other mental illnesses that cause mood fluctuations as they help stabilize the patient’s perspective.

After that, you’ll be sent to our residential facility and get medical and mental health treatment. We provide a multifaceted, personalized approach with evidence-based therapies to match your unique requirements.

Rolling Hills Recovery Centers’ program for mental disorders starts with several one-on-one talk sessions with a psychotherapist or any other rehab specialist. Individual talk therapy meetings provide the ideal setting for a client to address personal difficulties such as:

• Traumatic emotional or physical events in the past.

• Current issues are troubling your mental health.

• Outlining the program’s objectives and the importance of the patient’s participation in their recovery.

• Self-exploitation, including how to deal with personal triggers.

• How to make the individual more aware.

• Boundaries are defined.

• What one can do to enhance their communication abilities.

A dual diagnosis treatment strategy often includes group therapy. Group therapy involves attending therapy sessions with other people who have been in your shoes. You may relearn your interpersonal communication skills in a group therapy session, discover how others deal with their triggers, and prevent relapse. Your psychotherapist may include the following groups in your dual diagnosis program:

• 12-step groups or SMART Recovery plans.

• Focused support groups for certain aspects of your disorder, e.g., Alcoholics Anonymous if you suffer from an alcohol use disorder.

• It is also common for patients with similar co-occurring disorders to be clustered together in these groups.

• Self-help groups: These groups help people deal with everyday issues in their lives. These include things like education, parenting, unemployment, and legal matters.