Mood disturbance is frequently associated with addiction for a simple reason: Mood disturbances are unpleasant, and substance abuse can make them more tolerable. To be a victim of mood disorder is to be a victim of one’s own emotions. Mood disturbance patients are subject to volatile and unpredictable mood swings, and thus are predisposed to the sort of chemical succor offered by drug and alcohol abuse. The practical implication, of course, is that no addict can get sober so long as his or her mood disorder persists…and no drug and alcohol treatment program can be successful without addressing a patient’s underlying psychological health.
The rehabilitation center that’s right for you is the one that can help you get sober from the inside-out. And it has to start with dual diagnosis. Only by evaluating you as a whole person, on both physical and psychological terms, can a rehab center design an addiction treatment program that can meet your needs. Addiction recovery, in other words, can’t be divorced from mood disturbance and depression recovery. There’s simply no other way to get healed.
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