Have you ever tried to catch the thoughts that are running around in your brain? Do you ever find that there are times when you cannot tell what is real and what is not? Are you unable to relate to people or find it difficult to leave your home? What that means, and you probably are aware of this, is that you suffer from a mental illness. If you also are addicted to drugs, alcohol, or even both treatment becomes that much more difficult and you need to find a Los Angeles rehab that can treat you for both your addiction and your mental illness.
Some Surprising Factors
Approximately one third of the people in this country who suffer from mental illness are also addicted. Surprisingly, more men than women are dual diagnosed, but other factors can also play into this such as your economic status, being a military veteran, and even the addition of some other illness, chronic or otherwise. There has been quite a bit of debate over nature versus nurture, but there has been a tremendous amount of proof pointing toward genetics. If you come from a family with a long history of mental illness or addiction or both, it just might be said that you have hit the unlucky jackpot. Here are a few examples of how mental illness and addiction coexist:
- Someone who is addicted to meth can experience hallucinations, but on the other hand those hallucinations may also be caused by schizophrenia.
- A teenager may develop bipolar disease and begins self-medicating with drugs or alcohol.
In both instances, and many more, proper diagnosis and treatment in Los Angeles rehab is crucial to getting better. Treating only one half of the problem will not do, you need to treat both the mental illness plus the addiction which is what Dual Diagnosis Help can do for you.
