Co-Occurring Disorders
In the late 1970s, practitioners began to recognize that the presence of substance abuse in combination with mental disorders had profound and troubling implications for treatment outcomes. This growing awareness has culminated in today's emphasis on the need to recognize and address the interrelationship of these disorders through new approaches and appropriate adaptations of traditional treatment. In the decades from the 1970s to the present, substance abuse treatment programs typically reported that 50 to 75 percent of their clients had COD, while corresponding mental-health settings cited proportions of 20 to 50 percent. During the same period of time, a body of knowledge has evolved that clarifies the treatment challenges presented by the combination of substance use and mental disorders and illuminates the likelihood of poorer outcomes for such clients in the absence of targeted treatment efforts.
This website is designed to shed some much needed light on the mental illness and substance abuse called Co-Occurring Disability or Dual Diagnosis. You can find a treatment center near you. Use the facility locator at teh top of the page by clicking on the state you live in. You can also click on a city near you in order to find the best Co-Occurring treatment programs.