Building Bridges: Co-Occurring Mental Illness and Addiction: Consumers and Service Providers, Policymakers, and Researchers in Dialogue

August 31, 2005 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration writes in this article, published in August 2005, the growing number of persons with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders in the United States has precipitated a crisis. In 2002, Charles G. Curie, Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), announced that addressing the needs of persons with co-occurring disorders had become one of the highest priorities for the agency. The crisis has been . . .