title: Addiction: the treatment of dual diagnosis.
abstract: Dual diagnosis is used when two disorders occur simultaneously in one person. The two disorders can refer to two medical illnesses, a psychiatric illness and a medical or surgical illness, or two psychiatric illnesses. The cost of misdiagnosis of dual disorders is high.
authors.affiliation: Regent Hospital, New York, NY 10021.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Slaby
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis; D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004194:Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*