The Dually Diagnosed: A Therapist's Guide to Helping the Substance Abusing, Psychologically Disturbed Patient

by Dennis Ortman

Treatment of even the accurately dually diagnosed is limited by the specialization of the professionals. Their intellectual biases differ and their therapeutic approaches can be hard to reconcile: Is one disorder secondary to the other? Should the clinician be supportive or confrontational? Should medication be prescribed? Or hospitalization? Or a twelve-step program?
As the number of seriously ill substance abusers in outpatient settings multiplies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568217706
• ISBN13: 9781568217703
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Jason Aronson
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.4"