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SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions

CIHS promotes the development of integrated primary and behavioral health services to better address the needs of individuals with mental health and substance use conditions, whether seen in specialty behavioral health or primary care provider settings.

http://www.centerforintegratedhealthsolutions.org/. Link accessed 10/23/11.

 

Treatment Improvement Exchange (TIE) - Dual Disorders Resource Links
This site provides links to CSAT publications, federal government and private resources and information, and published document on co-occurring disorders.
<click here... > to visit the TIE website. Link accessed 3/1/11.

 

NIDA Research Report Series: Comorbidity: Addiction and Other Mental Illness
December 2008.
This paper provides definitions of terms associated with substance-related disorders, mental disorders, co-occurring disorders, and programs.
HTML Online PDF available for download <click here…> (1.1MB, 12pp)

 

SAMHSA's Co-Occurring Center for Excellence (COCE) Definitions and Terms Relating to Co-Occurring Disorders
Revised August 2007.
This paper provides definitions of terms associated with substance-related disorders, mental disorders, co-occurring disorders, and programs.
PDF PDF available here for download <click here…> (546KB, 12pp)

 

Screening, Assessment, and Treatment Planning for Persons With Co-Occurring Disorders
Released April 2006.
PDF PDF available here for download <click here…> (271KB, 10pp)


Major Depression, Panic Disorder, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Adults

ICSI (Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement) Health Care Guideline, 1999. 
PDF PDF available here for download <click here…> (346KB, 35 pp)

 

Dual DiagnosesCounselor Text on Dual Diagnoses


David F. O'Connell, PhD, psychotherapist and clinical director of a leading addiction treatment facility, has written an important book for all addiction counselors and associated staff. Dual Disorders: Essentials for Assessment and Treatment will help health care professionals become better diagnosticians, develop improved treatment plans, and communicate more meaningfully with other mental health professionals. Soft cover (264pp) is $39.95 available from Amazon.com.

 

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