Title : Comorbidity between alcohol consumption and other psychiatric disorders Importance of group intervention
Abstract:
Clinical epidemiology supported by neuroscience shows a strong interconnection between psychiatric disorders and substance use/abuse. This comorbidity is recognized by the World Health Organization as Dual Pathology. It is estimated that a percentage varying between 40% and 70% of users with psychiatric disorders also exhibit substance use/abuse. The existence of this comorbidity leads to a greater number of relapses and the more chronic course of psychiatric pathology with more frequent exacerbations.
The existence of psychiatric disorders are pointed out as risk factors for additive behavior, since the substance, in many situations, is used as a means of controlling / appeasing symptoms. This underlines the need for interventions to increase knowledge and insight into additive behaviors and their consequences.
The need for a multidisciplinary approach to these individuals in different treatment contexts has therefore arisen in order to optimize results in the treatment, rehabilitation and enhancement of social capacities. Due to all the aforementioned and taking into account the increase in demand for health services as well as the lack of interventions aimed at this population, the "Dual Pathology Group" was implemented in the Alcohol Treatment and Rehabilitation Unit (UTRA).
