Integrating Substance Use Disorder Services with Primary Care: The Experience in California

• Published in: Journal of psychoactive drugs Vol. 44; no. 4; pp. 299 - 306
• Main Authors: Padwa, Howard, Urada, Darren, Antonini, Valerie P., Ober, Allison, Crèvecoeur-MacPhail, Desirée A., Rawson, Richard A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Taylor & Francis Group 01.09.2012; Haight Ashbury Publications
• Subjects: behavioral health integration; behavioral health integration (California); California; Cooperative Behavior; Delivery of Health Care, Integrated - manpower; Delivery of Health Care, Integrated - organization & administration; Drug use; Health care policy; Health Care Surveys; Health Personnel - organization & administration; health policy; Health Services Accessibility - organization & administration; Humans; Interdisciplinary Communication; Organizational Objectives; Primary care; Primary Health Care - manpower; Primary Health Care - organization & administration; Substance abuse treatment; substance use disorder treatment; Substance-Related Disorders - therapy; Surveys and Questionnaires; California; United States > US
• ISSN: 0279-1072; 2159-9777
• DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2012.718643

Integrating substance use disorder (SUD) services with primary care (PC) can improve access to SUD services for the 20.9 million Americans who need SUD treatment but do not receive it, and help prevent the onset of SUDs among the 68 million Americans who use psychoactive substances in a risky manner. We lay out the reasons for integrating SUD and PC services and then explore the models used and the experiences of providers as they have begun SUD/PC integration in California.