Dual Disorders: Counseling Clients with Chemical Dependency and Mental Illness
Dennis C. Daley, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Chief of Drug and Alcohol Services, and Director of the Center for Psychiatric and Chemical Dependency Services at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC) of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, PA. He is a Principal and Co-Principal Investigator on several research studies sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism related treatment of individuals with substance use disorders and mood disorders. Dr. Daley is a consultant to two federally funded research projects at Harvard Medical School and Spalding University. He has also consulted with numerous treatment programs in the U.S. and Europe, and presented workshops and lectures in over 30 States, Canada and Europe. Dr. Daley is Co-Director of the Education Core for the Veteran Administration's Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Care project.Dr. Daley developed several dual disorder treatment programs, and has been involved in providing services to patients and families, program development and management for over twenty years. He has over 200 publications including books, recovery guides, journal articles and educational films on dual disorders, recovery, relapse prevention, and family issues. He recently authored or co-authored the following treatment manuals for clinicians and recovery manual for consumers (1) Group Drug Counseling with Cocaine Addiction, (2) Male Alcoholism, Depression and Violence, (3) Improving Treatment Compliance, (4) Dual Disorders Recovery Counseling: Integrated Treatment for Substance Use and Dual Disorders and (5) Dual Diagnosis Workbook: Recovery Strategies for Substance Use and Mental Health Problems. Dr. Daley has also authored recovery materials for children and adolescents.Dr. Daley has written over thirty educational videos for patients and families including the Living Sober I (8 videos on early recovery issues), Living Sober II (6 videos on middle recovery issues) and Living Sober III (5 videos on motivation and compliance) interactive video programs, the Promise Of Recovery, (an 11-video program on recovery from psychiatric illness), and Double Trouble. His practical recovery materials are used in many treatment programs in the U.S. and other countries, and several of his books have been translated to foreign languages.