Commentary: Break Down Walls Between Services for Mental Health, Addiction

• By: James Hollywood, LCSW Melissa J. Earle Times Union
• January 14th, 2025
• addiction treatment, community partnerships, education, health equity, innovative programming, mental health, opioid, substance use disorders, Winter 2025 Issue, workforce
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One in four. That’s how many adults in the U.S. living with severe mental illness are also living with substance use disorders. In New York, 1.4 million people are living with both mental health and substance use challenges. Yet these issues are too often addressed as distinct and separate,...