Treatment Methods to Address Co-Occurring Disorders: Moving Toward an Integrated Model of Care

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst

Industry Feature

A January 2005 press release from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) detailed the scope of “co-occurring disorders”:

• 50% to 75% of patients in substance abuse treatment programs have co-occurring mental illness
• 20% to 50% of those treated in mental health settings have co-occurring substance abuse
• 27.3% of persons 18 and older in the past year with serious mental illness used an illicit drug . . .
  
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