RESEARCH WEEKLY: Beyond ‘Dual Diagnosis’ and Meet the Authors Event

By Elizabeth Sinclair Hancq

Last week, the Office of Research and Public Affairs published a new evidence brief that provides an overview of substance misuse and substance use disorders in people with serious mental illness.

The report, Dual Diagnosis: Serious Mental Illness and Co-occurring Substance Use Disorders, explains how substance misuse can impede access, quality and efficacy of treatment and services for people with serious mental illness. The brief addresses how substance use disorders impact many of Treatment Advocacy Center’s key issues, including the overrepresentation of people with severe mental illness in the criminal justice system, homelessness, risk of violent behavior, suicide and the revolving door of high-cost services.

Today at 12 p.m. EDT, the authors of this new report will be hosting a virtual Meet the Authors event to discuss the findings and to answer any questions. Join us by registering here.

Elizabeth Sinclair Hancq is the director of research at the Treatment Advocacy Center.

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