Why Dual Diagnosis Treatment?

Mental health symptoms and substance use often feed into each other. Drinking or using drugs can temporarily quiet anxiety, depression, or trauma, but once the effects fade, those feelings usually return stronger. Without treating both issues together, symptoms can worsen and relapse becomes more likely. Dual diagnosis treatment brings mental health and addiction care into one plan. You get medical and emotional support at the same time, so therapy, medication, and lifestyle changes all work together instead of separately.

This approach helps you:

  • Understand what triggers both cravings and emotional swings
  • Learn coping skills that reduce the urge to use substances
  • Find medication or therapies that stabilize mood and thinking
  • Improve sleep, focus, and motivation during recovery
  • Build confidence in daily routines and relationships

This kind of care may be right for you if:

  • You’ve tried treatment before but symptoms or cravings came back
  • You use drugs or alcohol to manage mental health symptoms
  • You feel unstable or anxious even when sober
  • You’re unsure whether your main problem is addiction or mental health

Common Co-Occurring Mental Health Conditions

People with dual diagnosis experience many different mental health symptoms. Some face depression or anxiety that makes cravings harder to control, while others struggle with mood swings, trauma, or thought disorders that need psychiatric support.

Common co-occurring conditions include:

How Dual Diagnosis Treatment Works at Indiana Center for Recovery Treatment?

Our center has long supported patients who come to us for addiction treatment alone and others who come for mental health care alone. That depth on both sides makes us especially effective when the two overlap. Because our team is trained in advanced options for both conditions—ranging from evidence-based therapies to innovative treatments—we’re able to design care that addresses the full picture, not just one piece of it. For patients with dual diagnosis, that means:

  This integrated expertise means patients don’t have to choose between treating addiction or mental health. Here, both are addressed with equal focus, creating the best chance for lasting progress.

Innovative, Real-Time Medication Management

GeneSight® testing may be used to help match psychiatric medications with your genetic makeup, reducing the trial-and-error process that often slows recovery. This allows your care team to choose medications more likely to work for you, with fewer side effects and faster results. Medications are monitored closely throughout care. Adjustments are made right away based on your feedback and progress, helping you feel better sooner and avoid the long delays common in outpatient treatment.

Specific Therapies Used

You combine innovative and holistic therapies with a variety of gold-standard approaches to find what works best for you, including:

Core Therapies

Holistic Therapies

Layering alternative options helps your body and mind relax, reset, and reconnect after intensive therapy sessions. They also help release stress and emotion that may be difficult to express through words alone.

Cutting-Edge Therapies

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GeneSight® Testing

GeneSight is an advanced genetic test that shows how your genes affect medication response — taking out the guesswork for faster relief, fewer meds, and less frustration.

Spravato Ketamine Therapy

Spravato® is a fast-acting esketamine nasal spray for severe or treatment-resistant depression. With medical supervision, it can relieve symptoms within hours.

Biofeedback Therapy

Biofeedback is a powerful, medication-free treatment that helps you learn to calm your nervous system and regulate your body’s response to stress, anxiety, and trauma.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

EMDR uses guided eye movements to rewire the brain’s response to distressing memories — healing trauma without talking through every detail.

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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

TMS is a noninvasive, FDA-approved treatment that uses magnetic pulses to stimulate areas of the brain — improving mood, energy, and focus without side effects.

Levels of Care

Dual diagnosis treatment moves with you as your needs change. Each level of care connects to the next, so support continues from your first day in detox through outpatient follow-up.

Treatment often begins in detox or inpatient psychiatric care, where medical staff help you stabilize safely and manage withdrawal or acute symptoms. Once you’re steady, care shifts into residential treatment, where daily therapy and medical management help you understand what drives your symptoms and start rebuilding healthy habits.

When you’re ready, outpatient programs help you transition back to everyday life with continued therapy, medication support, and relapse-prevention planning. You stay connected to your providers while practicing the skills that keep you balanced and independent.

Experts in Mental Health and Addiction

Getting help for both mental health and substance use means working with people who understand how closely they’re connected. Treatment here is led by licensed professionals who combine medical expertise with compassion and lived experience.

Dr. Michael Kane

PSYCHIATRIST

Dr. Michael Kane MD

Chief Medical Director

Board-certified in psychiatry and family medicine
More than a decade helping people with co-occurring mental health and addiction disorders
Featured in over 150 publications, including Newsweek, Psych Central, and MSN
Known for listening carefully and using evidence-based therapies that bring real relief
Jackie Daniels

THERAPIST

Jackie Daniels LCSW

Director of Clinical Development

Licensed therapist, national speaker, and in long-term recovery herself
Over 20 years of experience treating addiction and mental health conditions
Expanded Naloxone access statewide and launched Indiana University’s first Collegiate Recovery Program
Blends clinical precision with empathy and personal understanding

When People Finally Get the Right Care

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Being a dual diagnosis center was a plus for me. I’ve been able to stay clean and sober as well as rebuild my marriage and reconnect with my children. If you have family or friends that suffer from mental illness and substance abuse I highly recommend contacting ICFR.

LaMont D.
LaMont D.
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I’ve struggled over a decade with both mental health and substance abuse issues; it’s been incredibly challenging to find a facility that could address my dual diagnosis. I discovered Indiana Center for Recovery and I am SO GRATEFUL that I did. They helped me address significant trauma and process personal issues that were negatively affecting my ability to be successful in recovery.

AJW
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I truly enjoyed my experience at ICFR and learned great tools on how to cope with my emotions, traumas, addiction, and past experiences. The staff, med team, and techs do a wonderful job helping you with anything you may need. I would recommend ICFR to anyone with dual diagnosis issues, mental and addiction treatment.

Lauren R.
Lauren R.

Insurance Coverage for Dual Diagnosis Treatment

Treatment for dual diagnosis is often covered in-network, and many patients pay little or nothing out of pocket. You can verify coverage quickly and privately without commitment. It’s the easiest way to see what’s covered and take the first step toward feeling better.

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