Why Integrated Care for Co-Occurring Disorders Is So Important

• By: Michael B. Friedman, LMSW Columbia University School of Social Work
• January 1st, 2018
• co-occurring disorders, integrated care, mental health, physical health conditions, premature mortality, primary care screening, substance use disorders, suicide prevention
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Providing integrated treatment for people with co-occurring behavioral and physical health disorders has become a central goal of mental health policy reform. Why? In part the answer is that the failure to provide effective integrated care drives up the cost of care. But the answer also is that...