Monthly Archives: February 2022

Depression and Substance Use Disorders – Finding Help to Treat a Potentially Deadly Combo

Being afflicted with a mental health or substance use disorder can cause great challenges to a person’s life. When someone struggles with both at the same time, it’s referred to as a dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder. Perhaps not surprisingly, research data has shown that substance use and mental illness are associated. For example, one…

Recent Review of Research Studies Supports Focus on Concurrent Recovery, Not Addiction Substitution

A November 2021 study published in Clinical Psychology Review has tentatively concluded—after analyzing the results of nearly 100 studies published over the past 46 years—that a concurrent recovery model, when contrasted with “addiction substitution” (a.k.a., addiction replacement), provides the best overall treatment results.[1] The study’s authors define addiction substitution as “the practice of increasing the…