Dual Diagnosis

When mental health and addiction live together — treat them together.

The majority of people who struggle with substance use also struggle with depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorder, OCD, or unprocessed trauma. Treating addiction in isolation leaves the engine of relapse intact. Valor Health treats both — in one integrated program, with one integrated team.

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More than 60% of our patients carry a co-occurring mental health diagnosis. Treating one without the other is treating neither.

60%+

Patients dual-diagnosis

Daily

Psychiatric availability

EMDR

Trauma-certified team

MAT

Full FDA spectrum

Section 01

What 'integrated' actually means

Many programs claim to treat dual diagnosis. Often what they mean is: addiction counselors run the addiction program, a contracted psychiatrist comes in once a week, and the two teams rarely speak. At Valor Health, your psychiatrist, primary therapist, addiction counselor and case manager meet about you every week. Treatment decisions — medication, modality, length of stay, family work — are made by one team, with one plan, around one person.

Weekly integrated case conferences
Single unified treatment plan
Psychiatry embedded in daily care
No siloed addiction vs mental health teams

Comfortable setting for mental health treatment

Section 02

Depression & substance use

Many patients have been self-medicating depression for years before they recognized it. We use a combination of evidence-based therapy (CBT, behavioral activation, IPT), psychiatric medication management, lifestyle medicine (sleep, light, movement, nutrition), and — for the right patients — referrals for advanced treatments like TMS or ketamine when standard approaches have failed.

Comprehensive psychiatric assessment
Antidepressant optimization
Behavioral activation & CBT
TMS / ketamine referral when appropriate

Section 03

Anxiety & substance use

Alcohol, benzodiazepines and opioids are often used to quiet untreated anxiety. We do the harder, more durable work: teach skills (CBT, ACT, somatic regulation), use non-addictive medications when needed (SSRIs, buspirone, gabapentin, hydroxyzine, beta-blockers), and address the lifestyle drivers — sleep, caffeine, screen use — that fuel anxiety underneath everything else.

Non-benzodiazepine medication plans
CBT, ACT, exposure work
Somatic regulation skills
Sleep & lifestyle medicine

Section 04

PTSD, trauma & addiction

Trauma is the most common engine of addiction we see. Our clinicians are EMDR-certified and trained in trauma-focused CBT, Somatic Experiencing, and Internal Family Systems. We never push patients into trauma processing before they are stabilized — but we never avoid the work either. Real recovery often requires real trauma healing.

EMDR for single-incident and complex trauma
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Somatic Experiencing
Trauma-stabilization before processing

Section 05

Bipolar, ADHD & OCD

Less common but powerfully relevant: bipolar disorder, ADHD and OCD all drive addiction risk in specific ways. We diagnose carefully (not every mood swing is bipolar; not every focus problem is ADHD), use the right medications, and teach the specific therapy modalities that work — ERP for OCD, behavioral structure for ADHD, mood-stabilizer optimization and psychoeducation for bipolar.

Bipolar I/II mood stabilization
Adult ADHD assessment & non-stimulant options
OCD: Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP)
Psychoeducation for patient and family

Family therapy session in dual diagnosis treatment

Section 06

Family work matters even more in dual diagnosis

Families of dual-diagnosis patients often carry years of confusion — was it addiction, was it mental illness, was it personality, was it choice? Our family programming helps loved ones understand the actual diagnoses, the actual treatments, and the patterns they may have developed around them. Education plus therapy plus community gives families a real path forward.

Diagnostic & treatment education
Weekly family therapy
Multi-family group
Long-term family support community

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