Personality Disorders
Thu, Feb 28
|Phoenix Center of Excellence
Understand the essence of how to properly identify the issues at hand as well as how to engage the patient in active recovery by understanding how and why their diagnoses and treatments affect them differently.
Time & Location
Feb 28, 2019, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Phoenix Center of Excellence, 130 Industrial Dr, Greenville, SC 29607, USA
Guests
About The Event
The Interface between Personality Pathology, Psychiatric Spectrum Disorders, and Substance Use Disorders
Presenter: Vonda K. Gravely, MD
Description: According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), serious mental illness is defined by those who are age 18 and above who have at any time during the past 12 months, a diagnosable mental, behavior, or emotional disorder that causes serious functional impairment of a major life activity. In 2014, there were approximately 10 million adults with a serious mental disorder within the past 12 months. Those affected are more likely to be unemployed, arrested, and/or face inadequate housing compared to those without mental illness. In 2014, about 21.5 million Americans age 12 and older were classified as having a substance use disorder within the past 12 months. The co-existence of both a primary psychiatric illness as well as a substance use disorder accounts for approximately 8 million Amer…