Amnon Jacob Suissa
University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada
Title: Addiction and dual diagnosis : toward a psychosocial perspective and the DPA
Biography
Biography: Amnon Jacob Suissa
Abstract
Contrary to the understanding of two separate conditions, addiction and mental health, the history of human behavior teaches us that we obtain more results by focusing on the persons and their social ties than on the problems. Applied to addictions and mental health, the psychosocial approach can help us better understand the phenomenon by including not only the individual with the addiction and mental conditions but also his social ties.