Charles W Graham
Community College of Aurora, USA
Title: The treatment of co-occurring substance abuse and bipolar disorder in intensive outpatient program environment
Biography
Biography: Charles W Graham
Abstract
The necessity to accurately screen, assess and diagnose co-occurring substance abuse and bipolar disorder in the treatment center
environment is the foundation upon which all treatment rests. Th e diagnostic criteria updated in the DSM-5 better represents the
spectrum of both disorders. Th is examination of eff ective intensive outpatient treatment as a step down from residential or therapeutic
community treatment and as an initial treatment approach integrates the traditional cognitive behavioral with psychodynamic and
somatic elements. Clients who are able to demonstrate abstract reasoning have been proven to benefi t from dream analysis, active
imagination and shadow work. Th is addresses the foundational underlying need for processing that can only be done aft er the client
is stabilized, behavioral cravings and cues adjusted and cognitive dysfunction treated. Th is presentation will bring evidenced-based
treatment to one of the most diffi cult client populations.