Dual diagnosis can be 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 a person that may possibly not have been able to be helped before, put an end to substance abuse by being accurately diagnosed and helped. Their mental health disorder could have been misdiagnosed, undiagnosed, or mistreated that may have triggered and led to their substance abuse issues. Establishing the reality that someone is in fact a dual diagnosis client not only helps establish an efficient course of treatment for them, but could also help clients better determine what triggered their substance abuse and ways to prevent it later on. Handling dual diagnosis might be a more extensive process when compared to a typical drug rehab program, and folks who have a dual diagnosis might be required to participate in a substantial aftercare program which might include appropriate medical support as well as further treatment services. Being clinically determined to have co-occurring disorders doesn't imply that the person should be medicated through out their lives either, and in reality lots of people with a dual diagnosis experience far better outcomes when treated holistically and when alternative therapy is utilized.