title: Dual diagnosis: a model for intermediate care.
abstract: Dual diagnosis traditionally refers to both a psychoactive substance abuse disorder and mental illness co-existing in the same person. For this paper, mental illness will refer to those patients with a chronic major mental illness (i.e., major depression, manic depression, schizophrenia or schizoaffective illness).
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Egan
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carrabis
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing*; D016294:Models, Nursing; D011383:Progressive Patient Care; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing*