Abstract Treatment needs of adults diagnosed with both psychiatric and substance use
disorders (ie, dual diagnosis) have not received detailed characterization in a nationally …

Objectives This study sought to determine rates of dual disorders (psychiatric and substance
use disorders) in a population of low-income inner-city outpatients, to compare the rates in …

Hospital and Community Psychiatry, at a time when large numbers of patients who would
formerly have been institutionalized were living in the community and had much greater …

The study provides descriptive data on a large, diverse sample of dually diagnosed patients
from an urban psychiatric inpatient setting, utilizing a comprehensive array of clinical, social …

The co-occurrence of a severe mental illness and a substance abuse or dependence
disorder is common enough to be considered the expectation more than the exception …

The authors examined the psychosocial correlates ofl) having a history of any type of
psychiatric treatment and 2) being staff-identified as a suitable candidate for treatment from …

Editor's Note: In the following commentary on the article by Dr. Lehman and others on dual
diagnosis, reprinted on page 1119 from the October 1989 issue of Hospital and Community …

The term dual diagnosis describes individuals who meet diagnostic criteria for a mental
disorder (or disorders) along with one or more substance use disorders (SUDs). In this …

Aims: The study investigates differences in dual diagnosis disorders among patients in
psychiatric and in substance use treatment services. Method: The sample (n= 159) …

OBJECTIVE: Service utilization and outcomes of dually diagnosed patients with
independent mental disorders and those with substance-induced mental disorders were …