Brief Overview of Treatment and Prevention of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness

• By: Nabil Kotbi, MD NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
• January 1st, 2014
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Substance abuse and psychiatric conditions frequently co-exist. According to NAMI, most mental health services are not adequately equipped to address both conditions. This makes treatment and prevention of substance abuse in the presence of mental illness a challenging task due to several moving...