Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #97859

Lori Gordon, MSW, Foundations Associates, 220 Venture Circle, Nashville, TN 37228, 615/345-3203, Lgordon@dualdiagnosis.org

Co-Occurring substance use and psychiatric disorders affect at least 10 million US residents each year. The incidence of co-occurrence continues to increase at an alarming rate--overloading the nation's public health systems. Foundations Associates offers a fully integrated continuum of care for clients with co-occurring disorders based upon national evidence based practices. With a continuum that incorporates all levels of care, Foundations delivers services in a fully integrated context and is recognized as a national leader in effectively serving clients considered to be the highest utilizers of service-that ten percent of the population using more than seventy percent of the healthcare resources (i.e., individuals with co-occurring serious and persistent mental illness, such as bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, and substance abuse disorders). This presentation will provide an overview of successful, evidence based integrated services including: core competencies of staff; complexity of ongoing training and supervision; overview of integrated assessment and intervention approachs.

Learning Objectives:

• Attendees will be able to identify core components of integrated treatment.
• Attendees will have an understanding of the concept of integrated treatment for individuals with co-occurring disorders.

Keywords: Recovery,

Related Web page: www.dualdiagnosis.org

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.