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Recovery glossary
Use this page when a treatment, sober-living, mental-health, family-support, or faith-related term needs a plain explanation before you keep reading.
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- The glossary explains terms. It does not replace assessment, therapy, medical care, or detox guidance.
- Definitions here are educational and not individualized clinical advice.
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Dual diagnosis
Dual diagnosis usually means a substance use disorder and a co-occurring mental-health condition or significant mental-health symptoms are both affecting the person. Integrated treatment matters because untreated symptoms on either side can destabilize the other.
Also searched as: co-occurring disorder, co-occurring conditions
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