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ADOLESCENT DUAL DIAGNOSIS
OUTPATIENT PROGRAM

 
      BreakAway's Outpatient Program for Dual Diagnosis is an integrated approach to treating teens with substance abuse and co-morbid psychiatric disorders. A multi-disciplinary treatment team of a psychiatrist, consulting psychologist, PsyD, forensic counselor, certified alcohol and drug counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and peer counselor address the issues involved with overlap and masking of symptoms created with a teen dealing with Dual Diagnosis. BreakAway sees that a teen's affliction, be it mental or substance use, is a family issue. It is crucial that the family participate in the treatment process.

    BreakAway's Dual Diagnosis is an individualized treatment program. In order to assist a teen in recovery and to understand their behavior and mental disorder, it focuses on the following topics and subjects:

 
 
  • Risk factors associated with mental health and addiction
  • Psychosocial stressors
  • Identifying the behaviors of self medicating to deal with mental health issues
  • Patterns of substance abuse related to mental disorders
  • Recognizing and confronting denial
  • Codependency and enabling
  • Development of coping skills
  • Understanding powerlessness
  • Impact of family dynamics
  • Interactions between psychiatric illness and substance abuse
  • Develop or find a higher power to help with addiction
  • Self Image/Self Esteem
  • Impowerment process
  • Taking responsibility and accountability for their disorder and/or substance abuse
 

 
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