Introduction

Concurrent Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders: An Information Guide

This guide is for people with concurrent disorders and for their families. It is also for anyone who wants basic information about concurrent disorders, their treatment and their management. This guide should not replace treatment from a health professional.

The term “concurrent disorders” covers many combinations of problems. This guide talks about issues that are common to most concurrent disorders. Other guides in the series offer more details about specific mental health problems. They include:

• Depressive Illness
• Bipolar Disorder
• Schizophrenia
• First Episode Psychosis
• Women and Psychosis
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Women, Abuse and Trauma Therapy
• The Forensic Mental Health System in Ontario

In Concurrent Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders: An Information Guide

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Introduction

1. What Are Concurrent Disorders?
2. What Are the Symptoms of Concurrent Disorders?
3. What Causes Concurrent Disorders?
4. How Are Concurrent Disorders Treated?
5. Recovery and Relapse Prevention
6. How Concurrent Disorders Affect Families
7. Explaining Concurrent Disorders to Children

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