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[quote=Anonymous]A word of warning if you are researching rehab programs for your brother.  Many will say they are dual diagnosis, but what most of them actually believe is that the mental health problems are a result of using alcohol/drugs so if the addiction problem is taken care of, the mental health problems will go away.

But it is pretty obvious that for a certain population group alcohol/drug use is an attempt by the user to self-medicate pre-existing mental/physical health problems and this is not a chicken or the egg situation.  There are very few programs that will acknowledge this and you may be better off going the route of a psych program that accepts those with addiction problems rather than a rehab route.

Have had a DC kicked out from two rehabs. One was for mental health issues the rehab couldn't handle despite their heavily promoted reputation for  dual diagnosis.  DC told me after that the rehab routinely took kids precipitously off their psych meds like SSRIs.  Yikes! They asked us to bring all DC's meds, but when I picked DC up they told me they threw them all out, including the brand new bottle of Allegra I thoughtfully provided.

The second local rehab was for a medical condition they quickly decided they didn't want to accommodate.  [/quote]

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