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session 12 Adolesants/Dual Diagnosis
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Professional
10/24/2009

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When working with adolesents why is it important for the counselor to invove family members in the assessment and in planning of solutions?

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To reestablish the family as a signifcant need
Term

What is essential in assessing and making decisions about the care and treatment of the troubled adolescent to diminish the estrangement and incursions on sense of competence and confidence that inevitably accompany problems with acohol and drug abuse?

Definition
Involving the family
Term

Whose involvement is essential when assessing and making decisions about the care and treatment of an adolescent?

Definition
Family, health professinal, adolesant
Term

What are the most common psychiatric diagnoses among substance abusers?

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anxiety and  mood disorder
Term

Failure to recognize patients with dual disorder can result in what?

Definition
Inadequate Treatment, a patient falling through the cracks
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What skills training will person's diagnosed with dual disorders benefit from?

Definition
symptom self management/ substance refusal skills, interpersonal probem solving
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