Implementation of Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment: A Qualitative Analysis of Facilitators and Barriers

• Published in: Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) Vol. 59; no. 9; pp. 989 - 995
• Main Authors: Brunette, Mary F, Asher, Dianne, Whitley, Rob, Lutz, Wilma J, Wieder, Barbara L, Jones, Amanda M, McHugo, Gregory J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Psychiatric Association 01.09.2008; American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Clinical medicine; Data analysis; Data collection; Educational materials; Health services; Human subjects; Medical sciences; Mental health; Mental health care; Organization of mental health. Health systems; Organizational change; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry; Studies; Training; United States; North America; America; Social environment; Human; Poison withdrawal; Accessibility; Multicenter study; Mental health; Substance abuse; Implementation; Concomitant disease; Treatment; Follow up study; Mental disorder; Qualitative analysis; Therapeutic schedule; Public health

Objective: Approximately half of the people who have serious mental illnesses experience a co-occurring substance use disorder at some point in their lifetime. Integrated dual disorders treatment, a program to treat persons with co-occurring disorders, improves outcomes but is not widely available i...