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Saturday, March 17, 2012

If someone is having mental health issues related to cocaine withdraw, what effective treatments are available?

Treatment for Cocaine-induced Disorders with Onset During Withdraw:  Mental Health Informed Addiction Treatment
Brandon Bruce Dellario LMSW LASAC


“Most people with dual diagnoses report the onset of substance-use disorder later than the onset of other mental disorders.  Prospective studies confirm this temporal order, but with some mental disorders (e.g. anxiety and depression) the risk relationship is recipricol, with these mental disorders predicting increased risk of later substance abuse, and vice versa.