title: Dual diagnosis of major mental illness and substance disorder: an overview.
abstract: Dual diagnosis of severe mental illness and substance disorder is a frequent and difficult challenge to the mental health and substance abuse systems. This chapter reviews the dual diagnosis problem and introduces the chapters that follow.
authors.affiliation: New Hampshire-Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Drake
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McLaughlin
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pepper
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Minkoff
mesh_terms: D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy