Dual diagnoses: addiction and other psychiatric disease. Theory, empirical findings and basic therapeutic considerations of a new concept

Bachmann, Kurt Marc; Moggi, Franz (1993). Dual diagnoses: addiction and other psychiatric disease. Theory, empirical findings and basic therapeutic considerations of a new concept. Psychiatrische Praxis, 20(4), pp. 125-129. Thieme

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A special group of psychiatric patients appeared during the last few years; patients who confront their therapists with many diagnostical and therapeutic problems, namely patients with dual diagnosis. These patients suffer from a severe psychiatric illness (such as schizophrenia) and at the same from an addition (e.g. an alcohol-dependency). The management for patients with dual diagnosis is inappropriate as well in psychiatric units as in specialized addition units. Today specialized units for patients with dual diagnosis are non-existent in Switzerland. The following review presents theoretical implications, empirical data and therapeutic possibilities for patients with dual diagnosis.

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