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(addictions, severe, dual) INTEGRATED TREATMENT FOR DUAL DISORDERS, A GUIDE (Book + 14 CE Credits or 14 CME Credits) by K. Mueser, D. Noordsy, R. Drake, & L. Fox, ISBN 1572308508 (continuing education, psychology, social work, psychiatry, evidence based practice)

• 470-page paperback book, Guilford, 2003
• 14 CE/CME Credits, 100-item test
• The Red Toad Road Company is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Red Toad Road Company maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.
• 2-For-1 Offer. Purchase this CE course and get a second set of CE credits free of charge for the same course. Notify the RTR Company of the names of both participants within 30-days of purchase to keep this offer in force.
• Accepted by most state licensing boards for psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, counselors

TRAINING OBJECTIVES are to learn the following: The prevalence rates for Dual Disorders (DD), the principles of integrated treatment for DD, assessment strategies for DD, empirically-supported treatments for DD, the research on DD integrated treatment, a variety of forms that facilitate treatment for DD.
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Question by Valerie: can bipolar disorder get more severe over time if left untreated?
I was recently diagnosed with bipolar. I have been diagnosed with depression and anxiety symptoms. Would like to know if bipolar symptoms get worse without treatment.

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Question by gardensallday: Help for chronic severe bipolar depression when all the meds and ECT fail?
Asking this question again – I have exhausted all my treatment options for bipolar disorder – have honestly tried over 2 dozen meds, alone and in combinations, and ECT (electroshock) and they have all failed or made me worse or I am allergic to the meds etc. ( this is over a period of 15 years – not short term med trials). I have severe depression in the morning nearly every day, and for the entire day about half the time and I just can’t take it anymore – my situation clearly became hopeless when my last ditch effort, ECT, failed. I rarely get mania anymore, just horrific agitated depression, the anguish so severe I literally want to claw my face off or slash my chest open with a knife, for hours most days, and often, all day. If I still had fingernails, I would have clawed my face off a long time ago. I don’t know what to do anymore – I have been on the edge of death for years. I have hung on and hung on, trying medication after medication, and now there is (realistically, this is not the depression talking) no hope of any significant relief.

So, since medication options aren’t there anymore, I am wondering if ACT (assertive community treatment) can help with this? My county workers have not run into psychiatric cases like mine, they swear up and down that most patients do get at least some relief from meds, but I am in a tiny, rural county, and am hoping that someone here has gone thru this, or has a relative who has, and can give me some advice. I’m thinking about going inpatient at mayo clinic, but I already tried the university of MN and that was a total failure, and my regular psychiatrist thought the university was better for psychiatry than mayo clinic. It would be hard for me to get to mayo clinic anyway, it is a 4 hour drive, and I can’t find any treatment online I haven’t already tried either, other than “out there” treatments that are very unlikely to help and experimental, like vagus nerve stimulation – weird crap.

Anyhow, I have had the finest psychiatric care there is, and it has utterly failed, I lost my faith in God a few years back, just have nothing left for me except a loving husband, 4 great kitties, and a home I love in rural Minnesota with beautiful maple trees and a lovely pond full of wood ducks and chirping frogs in the backyard, in other words, I have a LOT to live for. But I need to die, because I can’t stand the anguish anymore. It is unspeakable pain, and I feel this way for NO REASON, just endlessly live in agony, due to untreatable bipolar disorder. What can I do to live when I hurt so much, with no relief in sight?

background: I don’t have any personality disorders, already see a therapist regularly, have a social worker and a home worker, see a psychiatrist regularly, am not a substance abuser, excercise a lot, have an excellent diet (we have a huge garden and eat a lot of venison), use a light box, keep busy with hobbies, according to my varying energy level – all that healthy stuff. This is just ghastly, severe bipolar disorder that is ( apparently) untreatable. I do also have a severe sexual abuse history, which I have gotten plenty of therapy for. My workers know I have serious problems, but I play them down slightly, since I do not want to be involuntarily committed – it is hard to get help when you have severe mental illness, believe me. An involuntary commitment would not help me – what i need is a medication that would cut down the despair, and apparently, it doesn’t exist – otherwise, if it worked, I would take it. Please no religion stuff – my husband prays for me all the time, but that isn’t going to make me suddenly find my faith again – a person can’t “make” themselves believe. Great for you that your faith helped you, and I sincerely mean that, but it didn’t help me, tried that already. The question is, is there a way to endure daily agony from bipolar depression that is unending, and I will never get relief for it? Anyone been there, endlessly, and still alive? or have a relative like this? I mean, this is EVERY DAY, except for in May and June, pretty much (strong seasonal pattern, there). Thanks for anything that might help!
lamictal was worthless, antidepressants made me worse, so I have been off them for a long time, and I use a light box a lot in the winter, and took a vitamin D supplement, too – all that standard stuff has been tried, and some helps a bit, but only maybe 10%. Not enough to make life bearable.
oh, and I forgot, lithium only helped me with mania, which I very rarely get anymore, so it’s not worth taking it anymore, and I ended up with weirdo, scary side effects after a few years of lithium.

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Have you tried avoiding antidepressants? Some think that it makes bipolar worse. Sticking with a mood stabizer that makes you at least a little less depressed like lamictal (not actually approved for this use in bipolar, but as you know off-label uses are pretty common for the mentally ill) or even lithium by itself apparently might help too.

Have you tried light therapy? They use this for people with seasonal affective disorders. It’s like a little lamp that you shine on your face every morning for so many minutes to help you feel happier.

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Question by LoneCat: Can SEVERE bullying be considered a form of psychological torture…?
….ESPECIALLY if no physical bullying (punching, kicking or any other physical contact) is ever involved and the bullying includes threats, verbal attacks, teasing, name-calling, shouting, laughing, jeering, etc? Nowadays, it can even involve bullying by text or E-mail, in the unfortunate event that bullies find out your number or E-mail address.

The victim’s feelings can result in panic attacks, INTENSE fear, VERY DAMAGED self-esteem and confidence, crying spells, depression, becomes withdrawn, cannot eat or drink and vomits, hates socializing and being with people and maybe even considers or attempts suicide.

Are all these the symptoms resulting from TRUE psychological torture?

This is a SERIOUS question, so PLEASE….provide me with SERIOUS answers! This is very imporrant.

Thank you.
RESPONSE TO MONOXIDEBABY: Thanks for yours. However, I’m not trying to be rude here, honestly, I’m not. But, could you please tell me where in my question I said I was talking about ME?

Sorry, I’m not trying to be rude. I’m just getting a little ticked off with everyone thinking that when someone asks a question, that they’re always referring to themselves.
RESPONSE TO ALLEY! Whoa! Please, calm down. Who is this poor individual you speak of?

Once again, everyone is jumping to conclusions!

NO-ONE IS BEING BULLIED, GOT IT? I simply ASKED if bullying was genuine torture.

Thank you!
No offense, ALLY, really no offense here….but I think you have some SERIOUS MENTAL problems there. You’ve giving me the impression that you have been seriously bullied badly.

Have you considered seeking professional help?

Also, please don’t use empty threats to have me traced. It doesn’t scare me, so CALM DOWN!

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Answer by Monoxidebaby
It is actually. With all the teasing, and name-calling, etc, it can cause severe damage to the mind of the victim. There has been cases where kids have been psychologically tortured, and they brought a gun to school and killed the kids teasing them, then themselves. I suggest that if you know that this is going on, tell someone. It could save their lives, and others.

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Question by Starspecks: My boyfriend has diabetes and has severe trouble controlling his anger when his sugar is high?
will I always have to deal with this?
We have been together for 5 years, he is Type 1 diabetic since he was 11 years old he is now 26. When I check his sugar when he gets angry he is around the 400+ range. We are poor have no insurance and our state (fl) does not offer medicaid to him unless he gets pregnant (which isnt happening lol). So he is currently taking shots with 70/30 and we can barely afford test strips.

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Answer by likeajellybaby
I think that’s just an excuse. Im diabetic and I just get a little sleepy when my sugar is high. You can get wierd when your sugar is low, though. If he has an anger problem, I seriously wouldn’t stick around unless he is willing to do something about it because the answer is yes, you will always have to deal with it. It won’t go away by itself.

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Question by Wutz it worth 2 ya?: What is the difference between mild depression, severe depression and being bi polar?
How is being bi polar different from clinical depression? Is being bi polar a disabilty, disease, both or neither?

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Answer by omfgzzitsjessica
Mild depression is simply feeling sad and loss of interest, and in some cases mild anxiety. Severe depression is feeling sad, lost of interest, anxiety, and sometimes suicidal thoughts/attempts or thoughts or self-injury or attempts of self-injury. Bi-polar is totally different. You can become Bipolar from having depression, but they’re two totally different disorders. When you’re Bipolar you have mood swings, and when you’re depressed your mood usually stays the same. All being Bipolar is is having extreme mood swings, and some have intrusive thoughts. Like I said, two totally different disorders.

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When will schools take bullying seriously? Children who suffer severe, long-lasting injuries at the hands of school bullies have little or no hope of recovery … shield of immunity.: An article from: Trial

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Question by cgibson7578: Can one of the periods with bipolar disorder be severe anger & rage? This is in a male.?

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Answer by dabana16
if you are calm and suddenly become angry and raged than it is a period of the bipolar disorder.the disorder is an up-and-down effect

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