Assessing substance use disorder in persons with severe mental illness

New Dir Ment Health Serv. 1996 Summer:(70):3-17. doi: 10.1002/yd.23319960203.

Abstract

Assessment of dually diagnosed patients consists of three steps: detection, diagnosis, and specialized assessment for treatment planning. Each of these is informed by recent research.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Manuals as Topic
  • Mental Disorders / complications*
  • Psychological Tests
  • Schizophrenia / complications
  • Substance Abuse Detection
  • Substance-Related Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Substance-Related Disorders / psychology
  • Substance-Related Disorders / rehabilitation