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Co-occurring mental health and substance use conditions
SAMHSA on why integrated treatment outperforms sequential treatment when both are present at once.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration7 min read
Roughly half of people with a serious mental illness in the U.S. also meet criteria for a substance use disorder, and outcomes are consistently worse when the two are treated in separate, uncoordinated systems. SAMHSA's hub explains the integrated-treatment model and includes the FindTreatment.gov locator.
Worth knowing: addiction medicine specialists (ASAM, ABAM) and integrated dual-diagnosis programs are not yet uniformly available, but the bar is what to ask for.
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