Moreover, compromise of the privacy and employment rights of recovering physicians by consent disclosure is not justified if programs provide rigorous monitoring that protects the welfare of patients. Finally, required consent disclosure will reduce referrals of chemically dependent physicians to impaired physicians programs, thereby increasing the danger to patients. Limiting demands for required consent disclosure necessitates effective operation of impaired physicians programs. Bias and Prevalence Adjusted Kappas for individual symptom agreement ranged from .02 to .87. Subjects endorsed fewer symptoms per category than either the SCID or clinician interview.
Spirituality is a neglected area of study and research in the treatment of addictions.
The role of spirituality in the treatment of the dually diagnosed has received particularly scant attention. Patients and staff were questioned about their spiritual beliefs and what was the role of spirituality in the patients' recovery from addiction. Staff were questioned about their own spirituality and what they think the patients' level of spirituality is. In addition the staff were asked what they think the patients' view of spiritually is. Results indicate that the patients and staff are equally spiritually oriented.