Co-occurring disorder definition

Co-occurring disorder. (COD) means any combination of mental health symptoms and substance use disorder symptoms or diagnoses that affect a consumer and are typically determined by the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Co-occurring disorder means the coexistence of both a men- tal health and a substance use disorder. Co-occurring treatment is a unified treatment approach intended to treat both disorders within the context of a primary treatment relationship or treatment setting.
Co-occurring disorder means the co-existence of both a mental health and a substance use disorder. Co-occurring treatment is a uni­ fied treatment approach intended to treat both disorders within the context of a primary treatment relationship or treatment setting.

More Definitions of Co-occurring disorder

Co-occurring disorder means any combination of mental health and substance use disorder symptoms or diagnoses in a client.
Co-occurring disorder means having 1 or more disorders relating to the use of alcohol or other controlled substances of abuse as well as any serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability. A diagnosis of co-occurring disorders occurs when at least 1 disorder of each type can be established independent of the other and is not simply a cluster of symptoms resulting from 1 disorder.
Co-occurring disorder or "COD" means any combination of mental health and substance use disorder symptoms or diagnoses as determined by the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders that affect a patient.
Co-occurring disorder means a diagnosis of a substance use disorder and a concurrent diagnosis of a mental health disorder.
Co-occurring disorder means an individual who has a co-existing mental illness and a substance use disorder.
Co-occurring disorder means the occurrence in an individual of:
Co-occurring disorder means having both a substance use disorder and an emotional or psychiatric disorder;