Co-Occurring Disorders

Paper Summary:

The purpose of this study is to assess the prevalence and types of psychoactive substance use disorders plus other non psychotic mental disorders among a population of homeless persons participating in a behavioral day treatment and contingency management drug treatment program. This study also examines the differences in severity of functioning by diagnostic status on admission to treatment and the effect of diagnostic status on treatment outcome. In this article, the writer examines whether there are effective ways to treat co occurring / existing disorders simultaneously instead of using a multitude of techniques. In addition, the writer determines the amount of supporting documentation on effective treatment methods, as well as possible data on other effective methods and methods that may have been proven ineffective or untimely. This study also serves as current research on what characteristics have been determined to create co-occurring / existing disorders.

Table of Contents:
Tables
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of the Study
Importance of the Study
Scope of the Study
Rationale of the Study
Definition of Terms
Overview of the Study
Review of Related Literature
Methodology
Approach
Data Gathering Methods
Database of Study
Validity of Data
Originality and Limitation of Data
Summary
Appendix
Reference List

From the Paper:

"Although there are treatments for a multitude of disorders that exists there is very little known about methods that treat these disorders simultaneously. Therefore, there is a need to determine if there are co current methods are they effective, how much is known about them, and if there are not currently any methods, are there ways to develop methods that will work on a combination of disorders simultaneously. Co occurring/existing disorders exists, treating these disorders has occurred through numerous channels, this often may cause some distress on the part of the patient; it is also possible that methods may contradict each other in certain aspects. One of the most significant problems is the lack of research on methods to treat co occurring/existing disorders. There is also a lack of information on why co occurring/existing disorders occur, as well as what possible indicators are there that may help clinicians predetermine when co occurring/existing disorders will occur."

Sample of Sources Used:

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