If you’re dealing with depression, anxiety or another mood disorder, yoga can be an appealing way to better manage your symptoms. Scientific studies of yoga demonstrate that yoga therapy is a low-risk, high-yield approach to improving mental health. One of these studies found that after three months of yoga, study participants reported their depression improved by 50%, their anxiety improved by 30%, and their overall well-being improved by 65%. Other studies of individuals with bipolar disorder, major depression and schizophrenia also reported a significant drop in levels of anxiety, depression, anger, tension, hostility and fatigue.

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Anxiety and depression are two mental illnesses that plague a large portion of America’s population. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), over 18 percent of adults suffer from an anxiety disorder such as panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and general anxiety disorder, and nearly 15 percent suffer from major depression. In almost half of all these cases these conditions occur together, making them a one-two punch that’s hard to bear. For some people, this burden of mental distress leads them to turn to drugs or alcohol in order to cope with and numb their symptoms.

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Dual diagnosis presents certain hurdles to addiction treatment that must be addressed in order for the person to maintain sobriety. In addition to traditional methods of dual diagnosis treatment, traditional Chinese medicine continues to show positive results in helping individuals overcome their addiction and manage their mental health symptoms.

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Millions of people suffer from bipolar disorder. Unfortunately, many of these people also suffer from a co-occurring substance abuse problem. Dual diagnosis treatment is the only chance many of these individuals will have of conquering their addiction and the disruptive symptoms of their bipolar disorder.

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Many people in rehab suffer from a dual diagnosis of a substance abuse problem and a mental health issue such as anxiety disorder. Sometimes the substance abuse problem arises as a way to cope with the intense feelings of anxiety, and other times anxiety and other mental health symptoms arise because of the use of drugs and alcohol. Regardless of which comes first, the chances of recovering from either disorder is very slim unless both co-occurring disorders are simultaneously treated in dual diagnosis rehab.

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Everyone experiences a certain amount of anxiety from time to time, but anxiety disorders are much more severe and have serious consequences on a person’s ability to live a normal life. Because of this, some people who suffer from an anxiety disorder such as General Anxiety, Panic Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Social Phobia or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) will attempt to self-medicate their symptoms by turning to alcohol or drugs. Using substances may provide a temporary escape, but it does not solve the underlying problem. In fact, abusing drugs or alcohol will only increase the severity of a person’s anxiety symptoms over time.

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Substance abuse can be caused by many things, but one of the biggest risk factors is a dual diagnosis (also known as a co-occurring disorder) of emotional or mental illness. According to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), more than half of people who abuse drugs also have at least one serious mental illness. The most common mental illnesses in co-occurring disorders are bipolar disorder and schizophrenia; however, other disorders that can commonly lead to substance abuse are depression, anxiety disorders and some personality disorders. Treating the substance abuse without treating the co-occurring disorder will almost always lead to failure (and vice versa), which is why dual diagnosis treatment in drug rehab is essential to recovery from both the addiction and the mental illness.
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Having a dual diagnosis of alcohol or drug addiction together with a mood or personality disorder such as depression, anxiety or bi-polar disorder requires great care and special attention during the addiction recovery process. Traditional treatments like antidepressants, mood stabilizers and other medications are still preferred by many patients and their doctors, but alternative holistic dual diagnosis treatments are gaining popularity over strictly pharmaceutical methods. This is because in addition to wanting natural treatments, patients experience more success during recovery and maintaining sobriety when treated holistically.

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