الفهرس 
Conxwpr of DualOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
The following psychiatric problems are common in dual diagnosis: Depressive disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder and Anxiety disorders, including generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and phobias. Other psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia and personality disorders. Having a mental health diagnosis significantly increases the risk of misusing alcohol and drugs.
Substance use disorder (SUD) is one of the most complicated problems that face the whole community not only medical professionals resulting from the enormous social , personal and economic costs of such disorder, SUD forms a cause of preventable illness and death in our country and other countries both developed and developing ones
A national survey report stated that 8.5% of Egyptians, which is about 6 million people – are addicted to drugs the comorbidity of psychiatric disorders with substance dependence, and the apparent neurobiological link between these disorders has important implications for both the treatment of these diseases and for public health policy. It is important for the community, health care practitioners and policy-makers to recognize that this neurobiological link clearly indicates that psychiatric disorders and substance dependence are diseases stemming from underlying neuropathologies.