It's a problem that has been around for as long as people have been drinking alcohol and using drugs: substance abuse. And it's a problem that doesn't seem to be going away soon. In fact, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, "drug addiction is a chronic, relapsing brain disease characterized by compulsive drug…
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Dual diagnosis means a person has both a drug abuse disorder and a mental health disorder. This is because both conditions have a link with each other. For example, people often start abusing drugs because they want to get rid of stress. But they don't have an idea that drug-abusing abuse is not…