ABSTRACT
Dual Diagnosis, the second volume in the Key Readings in Addiction Psychiatry Series, broadly illuminates the nature, presentation, evaluation and treatment of persons with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders. Selected from high quality, peer-reviewed journals, the presented articles are authored by some of the most eminent researchers in their respective fields. The reader will come away with up-to-date, evidence-based information on identification and intervention regarding comorbidity of substance use and mood, anxiety, personality and severe mental disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 2|14 pages
Diagnostic Subgroups within a Sample of Comorbid Substance Abusers
Correlates and Characteristics
chapter 3|10 pages
Psychiatric Disorders Among Drug-Dependent Subjects
Are They Primary or Secondary?
chapter 10|13 pages
Substance Use Disorders in Patients with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
A Review of the Literature