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ADOLESCENT DUAL DIAGNOSIS OUTPATIENT PROGRAM
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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: |
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- 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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Contact Us
Telephone: 714-957-8229
FAX: 714-957-0244 Address: 3151 Airway Ave, Ste. D-1, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
E-mail:
General Information: linda @breakawayhealth.com Webmaster: webmaster@breakawayhealth.com
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