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Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)

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Definition: The co-existence of a substance abuse disorder with a psychiatric disorder. The diagnostic principle is based on the fact that it has been found often that chemically dependent patients also have psychiatric problems of various degrees of severity.  restrict to substance abuse with ment disord; IM GEN only; coord NIM with specific addiction (IM) + specific ment disord (IM); DF: DUAL DIAG    Other names Dual Diagnosis, Psychiatric; Psychiatric Dual Diagnoses; Psychiatric Diagnoses, Dual; Dual Psychiatric Diagnosis; Dual Psychiatric Diagnoses; Dual Diagnosis (Psychiatry); Dual Diagnoses, Psychiatric; Dual Diagnoses (Psychiatry); Dual Diagnoses; Diagnosis, Psychiatric Dual; Diagnosis, Dual Psychiatric; Diagnosis, Dual; Diagnoses, Psychiatric Dual; Diagnoses, Dual Psychiatric; Diagnoses, Dual (Psychiatry); Diagnoses, Dual; Psychiatric Dual Diagnosis; Psychiatric Diagnosis, Dual; Dual Diagnosis

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