Managing the Dually Diagnosed Patient: Current Issues and Clinical Approaches

The classic text—thoroughly updated for 2002!

Managing the Dually Diagnosed Patient: Current Issues and Clinical Approaches, Second Edition provides a wealth of useful information on effectively treating substance abusers who also suffer from mental illness. This second edition is updated to apply the latest information on the assessment, treatment, and management of co-existing disorders. It includes new information on special treatment considerations for women and adolescents and examines the restrictions placed on treatment in the age of managed care.

Certain to enhance your knowledge about a highly misunderstood population, this updated volume addresses the theoretical, conceptual, and practical issues involved in caring for dually diagnosed patients. Treatment professionals from hospitals, medical schools, addiction treatment programs, and dual disorder units come together to examine the critical issues in the assessment and treatment of dually diagnosed individuals and offer an up-to-date review of the latest knowledge in research and rehabilitation.

Managing the Dually Diagnosed Patient: Current Issues and Clinical Approaches, Second Edition delivers up-to-date information on:

• substance abuse and psychopathology
• psychodiagnostic assessment
• training issues for dealing with comorbidity
• how collaboration with other helping professionals can improve your treatment of dually diagnosed patients
• understanding and treating the psychiatric problems common within chemically dependent populations-affective disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, and schizophrenia

  This updated volume contains new case studies, treatment protocols, and a comprehensive overview of the existing literature on dual diagnosis assessment and treatment that integrates practical clinical considerations and approaches based on the authors’extensive experience. Add it to your reference shelf today!

Offering information for professionals treating mentally ill substance abusers, this updated second edition includes new information on treatment considerations for women and adolescents and examines the restrictions placed on treatment in the age of managed care. The book overviews the literature on dual diagnosis assessment and treatment, and provides information on the psychiatric problems common in chemically dependent populations, covering affective disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, and schizophrenia. Training issues for professionals dealing with these clients are also examined. O'Connel is a consulting psychotherapist with an addictions treatment facility; Beyer is director of women's services at a treatment center. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Doody Review Services

Reviewer:Gary B Kaniuk, Psy.D.(Cermak Health Services)
Description:The book addresses the needs of dually diagnosed individuals, from both theoretical and treatment perspectives. The first edition was published in 1990.
Purpose:According to the editors, "the second edition of the book continues the emphasis on research-based, diagnostic and therapeutic practices, programs, and approaches to managing chemically dependent patients who show co-existing psychiatric disorders." These are worthy objectives and the book meets them.
Audience:According to the editors, the book has been used as a graduate text in addiction studies, and occasionally used in undergraduate courses. The editors believe that the second edition will continue to be used as a graduate and reference text. I think it is appropriate for graduate students and practitioners. The editors and contributors are credible authorities in the field.
Features:The book covers both theoretical and treatment considerations for dually diagnosed patients. It covers many of the typical diagnostic categories such as depression and anxiety, but also includes schizophrenia as well. There is also a nice chapter on females with dual diagnoses, which goes a long way in telling the reader how treatment must be tailored with a relational perspective in mind. The book is good because it is practical and includes the latest research findings.
Assessment:I like this book because you can apply it to your daily work with dually diagnosed individuals. I also appreciate the fact that a chapter on schizophrenia is included. The editors state that "the new edition reflects numerous developments in the field of comorbidity over the past decade." A second edition is needed because the field is constantly changing as new research is evaluated.