Dual Diagnosis

Dual Diagnosis is defined as a person who has been diagnosed with both an Alcohol or Substance Use Disorder and a Psychiatric Disorder. As an experienced Addiction Psychiatrist, Dr. Kittay has the training, expertise and skill to treat Dual Diagnoses.

Untreated psychiatric Illness makes treating addictions complicated and difficult with poorer outcomes, so it is essential that they are addressed by a psychiatrist.

• Approximately 40%-50% of people with an Alcohol or Substance Use Disorder have a co-occurring Psychiatric Disorder.
• There is a 13 fold (1300%) increase in relapse if a patients with Substance Use Disorder if they have an untreated Dual Diagnosis.
• Unrecognized and undertreated psychiatric illness is a major cause of addiction relapse.