What Do You Understand of the Term ‘Dual Diagnosis’?

Question by I do care!: What do you understand of the term ‘Dual Diagnosis’?
I can’t tell you much about it as it is a part of a knowledge questionnaire I need to find out for school.

NO you are NOT doing my homework. I have to create a poll on what people understand of the term dual diagnosis.

If you want anymore information after attempting to answer.
There is no wrong answers here.

Thank you in advance.
Thank you Lana.
You are correct. Bu there is a little more on the diagnosis side.
I know the answers, I just need to get a general public veiw.
Sorry Lady
Well done Richard.
You are correct. You have listened in class.
Always keep dual diagnosis in the back of your head as you will see plenty in Acute.

Best answer:

Answer by Lady Luana
I would think that it means that the person is suffering from two different medical conditions, that may or may not be related. The second idea would be if the doctor is not sure which condition exactly the person has, because the conditions are so close in symptoms. But I prefer the 1st one.

Answer by Richard
OK… I’m a student nurse, just done a mental health placement and I had a chat about dual diagnosis.
Not too sure on my knowledge, didn’t discuss it in great depth but the ward manager said it gets quite interesting, my understanding is that it’s where someone is diagnosed with a mental illness and also has drug addiction/dependency issues

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