Dual diagnosis can be a circumstance in which two independent disorders exist, and most typically describes a co-occurring drug abuse and mental health disorder. A dual diagnosis might help a person that might not have been able to be helped in the past, stop drug abuse because they can be accurately diagnosed and helped. Their mental health disorder could have been misdiagnosed, undiagnosed, or mistreated that may have prompted and led to their substance abuse problems. Establishing the fact that someone is actually a dual diagnosis client not simply helps establish a highly effective treatment course for them, but could also help clients better determine what triggered their drug abuse and how to prevent it in the future. Handling dual diagnosis can be a more extensive process compared to a typical drug rehab program, and people who have a dual diagnosis may need to take part in a substantial aftercare program which might include appropriate medical support and also continued rehabilitation services. Being clinically determined to have co-occurring disorders doesn't imply the individual will have to be medicated through out their lives either, and in fact a lot of people with a dual diagnosis experience more effective outcomes when treated holistically and when alternative therapy is utilized.