Dual diagnosis is a circumstance whereby two independent disorders are present, and most often describes a co-occurring drug or alcohol use and mental health disorder. A dual diagnosis might help someone that might not have been able to be helped in the past, end drug abuse by being accurately diagnosed and helped. Their mental health disorder might have been misdiagnosed, undiagnosed, or treated incorrectly that could have prompted and led to their substance abuse problems. Establishing the fact that someone is certainly a dual diagnosis client not only helps establish a highly effective treatment course for them, but could also help clients better understand what caused their substance abuse and the way to prevent it in the future. Handling dual diagnosis may be a more extensive process when compared to a typical drug rehab program, and people with a dual diagnosis may need to participate in an extensive aftercare program that might include proper medical support along with continued treatment services. Being clinically determined to have co-occurring disorders doesn't imply the person will have to be medicated through out their lives either, and in reality a lot of people with a dual diagnosis experience much better outcomes when treated holistically and when alternative treatment methods are employed.