At Ray Recovery, we understand that addiction rarely shows up alone. Roughly 7.7 million adults in the United States live with a mental health condition alongside a substance use disorder, according to SAMHSA, and treating one without the other tends not to work for very long. That’s the reasoning behind our dual diagnosis program, built to treat both conditions together instead of sending clients back and forth between separate providers.
Akron and the wider Summit County area have felt the opioid crisis hard, and a lot of the people we work with started using substances to manage anxiety, depression, or trauma that was never properly treated on its own. If that sounds like your situation or a loved one’s, you’re not dealing with something unusual, and it’s very treatable with the right approach. Call 888.839.2606 or reach out online to talk with our team.
What Is Dual Diagnosis Treatment?
Dual diagnosis is the term for having a substance use disorder and another mental health condition at the same time. These conditions tend to feed each other. Anxiety gets managed with alcohol, alcohol use worsens the anxiety, and the cycle repeats. Treating just the addiction, or just the mental health side, usually means the untreated half eventually pulls someone back into the other.
Dual diagnosis treatment addresses both at once, through one coordinated plan instead of two separate ones. At Ray Recovery, that means your therapist, your treatment plan, and your progress notes all account for both conditions together, not in isolation.
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What We Treat Alongside Substance Use
The most common mental health conditions we see alongside addiction include:
- Anxiety disorders
- Depression
- Bipolar disorder
- PTSD and trauma-related conditions
- ADHD
- Schizophrenia, in select cases with the right level of care
A dual diagnosis can develop either direction. Someone with an untreated mental health condition may start using a substance to self-medicate and become dependent on it, or someone in active addiction may develop anxiety, depression, or other conditions as substance use changes how their brain functions over time. Researchers are still working out exactly why these conditions show up together as often as they do, but the clinical reality is consistent: treating them together produces better outcomes than treating them separately.
What Treatment Actually Looks Like
Here’s what to expect if you start dual diagnosis treatment with us:
- A real assessment first. Before any treatment plan is written, our team evaluates both your substance use history and your mental health, not just one or the other.
- One treatment plan, not two. Your plan folds in evidence-based therapies like cognitive-behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy, along with medication management where it’s appropriate.
- Group and individual therapy, so you get both structured peer support through group therapy and one-on-one time to work through what’s specific to you.
- Family involvement when it helps. Co-occurring conditions affect the people around you too, and our family therapy option gives your family a way to understand what’s happening and how to support recovery instead of unintentionally working against it.
- A schedule built around your life, through either our partial hospitalization program or intensive outpatient program, depending on how much structure you need right now.
Insurance We Accept
Ray Recovery is in-network with Medicaid, Humana Medicaid, Dual Medicare, Tricare, VA Community Care Network, CareSource, and Medical Mutual. Since dual diagnosis treatment often needs more coordinated care than single-diagnosis treatment, we verify your specific benefits upfront so you know exactly what’s covered before you start.
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If you or someone you love is dealing with both a mental health condition and substance use, you don’t have to sort out which one to treat first. Our team at Ray Recovery, serving Akron and the rest of Summit County from our Hudson and Uniontown locations, treats both together.
Call 888.839.2606 or reach out online to get started today.
Frequently Asked Questions
What's the difference between dual diagnosis treatment and regular addiction treatment?
Regular addiction treatment focuses on the substance use itself. Dual diagnosis treatment addresses the substance use and the mental health condition driving or accompanying it, at the same time, through one coordinated plan instead of separate, disconnected care.
Do I need a dual diagnosis, or just addiction treatment?
If you’re managing anxiety, depression, trauma, or another mental health condition alongside substance use, dual diagnosis treatment is almost always the better fit. Our assessment during intake will tell you clearly which applies to your situation, there’s no need to self-diagnose before reaching out.
Does insurance cover dual diagnosis treatment?
Most insurance plans cover dual diagnosis treatment, including Medicaid and Tricare. We verify your specific benefits before treatment starts so you have a real number, not a guess.
Can dual diagnosis treatment be done outpatient?
Yes, for most people. Outpatient dual diagnosis treatment through PHP or IOP works well when someone doesn’t need 24-hour medical supervision but does need structured therapy for both conditions. More severe cases may need a higher level of care, which we’ll discuss honestly during your assessment.
What happens if my mental health condition isn't diagnosed yet?
That’s common, and it’s part of what the assessment is for. Many clients come to us knowing something is wrong without a formal diagnosis. Our team includes the mental health evaluation as part of intake, so you don’t need a prior diagnosis to start.
