Dual Diagnosis Part 2: The Prevalent Disorders
Newly revised and expanded - now a 6 hour course that provides detailed information about the more prevalent disorders that are seen in chemically dependent populations. It includes specific diagnostic and treatment considerations for mood disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, and psychotic disorders.

Goals/Objectives

This course will provide the trainee with information related to the prevalent psychiatric disorders encountered when providing treatment to alcohol and other drug abusing clients. While entire books can be written regarding specific psychiatric disorders, Dual Diagnosis Part 2: The Prevalent Disorders describes the disorders that account for the majority of psychiatric problems seen in patients with dual disorders and includes diagnostic and specific treatment considerations.

By participating in this DLC, trainees will:

  1. review the major diagnostic features of mood disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, and psychotic disorders;
  2. understand the classification system for each of these disorders;
  3. identify treatment modalities and counseling approaches specific to each of these disorders;
  4. review and identify approaches, indications, and precautions for the use of medications for each type of disorder;
  5. create a forum to discuss practical application and special issues related to dual disorders through the use of internet technologies.

Your Course Instructor:
Kevin R. Scheel
MS, MAC, LMFT
Co-Founder, DLCAS

Kevin R. Scheel is a Masters prepared chemical dependency counselor with more than twenty-three years of experience in the human service field. He has served as the director of programs in the public sector as well as in private care facilities, both in the profit and not-for-profit arenas. He has been involved in the delivery of education services to the field since 1986 as an instructor at McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas, and as a private training consultant with Hazelden. Mr. Scheel is the author of "Alcohol: Chemistry & Culture," as well as a series of education videotapes on the various drugs of abuse, published and marketed by WRS Group, Inc. He has also created a preparation and review manual that is currently in use by a variety of colleges and universities in Texas, designed to aid students preparing for their Texas chemical dependency credential.

While in Texas Kevin served as the Texas Coordinator for the federally funded Project for Addiction Counselor Training (PACT) program. For this project Mr. Scheel designed a 270 hour curriculum for beginning counselors, delivering over 45,000 hours of classroom training to 415 minority students. As a result of his efforts, 268 of these students have gone on to obtain their credentials to practice chemical dependency counseling in Texas.

Kevin also served in the position as Coordinator for the Texas Addiction Training Center (currently the Texas Addition Technology Transfer Center), a federally funded project from the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment in Washington, D.C. The goal of this project has been to increase the level of addiction education to the various disciplines offering counseling services to drug and alcohol affected clients. In Texas this project worked with 8 major colleges and universities.

In addition to his role as a founder of the DLCAS, Kevin is currently serving as the Director of Educational Services for the DLCAS.