Substance use reduction among patients with severe mental health illness
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Dr. Kate Carey offered a comprehensive and integrated approach in treating substance abuse disorders in patients having mental illness. The collaborative, motivational, harm-reduction approach that Carey proposed for treating dual diagnosis patients was consistent with a treatment strategy being implemented at community mental health centers in New Hampshire. Carey also devised her approach based on the stages of the recovery process. However, the clinical strategies proposed by Carey in treating dual diagnosis patients need to be addressed in future researches.
Publication Name: Community Mental Health Journal
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0010-3853
Year: 1996
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Substance abuse and the chronically mentally ill: therapeutic alliance and therapeutic limit-setting
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A study by Shelley F. Greenfield, Roger D. Weiss and Maurico Tohen present their observations of dually diagnosed patients. These patients usually have an inferior clinical course and are difficult to diagnose. They need treatments with support and confrontation emphasis and require services that are usually given in other mental health care sectors. The proposed method for handling dually diagnosed patients may not be successful because of the negative effects of co-occurring psychiatric and substance abuse disorders on each other.
Publication Name: Community Mental Health Journal
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0010-3853
Year: 1995
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The role of inpatient care for patients with co-occurring severe mental disorder and substance use disorder
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A study by Shelley F. Greenfield, Roger D. Weiss and Maurico Tohen deals with issues on the inpatient unit's role and the coordination of inpatient and outpatient services for mental health and substance abuse patients. The McLean Hospital model, which uses a consultation-liaison service for assessing and treating people in inpatient psychiatric units, shows that mental health professionals should address the relationship of substance abuse with severe mental disorder.
Publication Name: Community Mental Health Journal
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0010-3853
Year: 1995
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