When I went to treatment in 1989, about 6 percent of my fellow patients showed up at the front door with more than one problem. In addition to their addiction, they also struggled with what is commonly referred to as a "co-occurring disorder" — such things as depression, an eating disorder or schizophrenia.

Today, about 65 percent of the patients arrive for treatment with multiple problems. Why? For one thing, the drugs of abuse are stronger and can cause related brain ...

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