Individuals with co-occurring substance use and mental health conditions receive coordinated, integrated treatment to promote long enough and sufficient treatment participation to support recovery and reduce the need for hospitalization.

SA 7.01

Service providers engage individuals to identify any barriers to receiving integrated services.

SA 7.02

Individuals diagnosed as having co-occurring mental health and substance use conditions receive integrated treatment directly or through active involvement with a cooperating service provider.

Note: Organizations that treat substance use conditions are expected to have core capability to address co-occurring mental health conditions. An organization that has a specialized outpatient co-occurring disorder treatment program must also complete Outpatient Mental Health Services, recognizing that the mental health standards may need to be adapted for specialized core services provided within the context of services for substance use conditions.

Research Note: The presence of a substance use and a mental health condition can make diagnosis and treatment significantly more difficult, resulting in poorer treatment outcomes. Research has demonstrated that integrated treatment is most effective for this service population. Treatment should be motivational, individualized, and comprehensive to accommodate the wide range of treatment needs.

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	PURPOSE: Individuals who participate in Services for Substance Use Conditions on an on-going basis improve social, emotional, psychological, cognitive and family functioning, and attain the recovery they seek.

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	SERVICE One or more organization-operated programs or activities that have a common general objective and deploy the organization's material and human resources in a planned and systematic manner. An organization that publicly promotes or identifies itself in writing as offering a service, is licensed to deliver a service, assigns personnel and/or space to a service, or allocates financial resources to a service is considered to offer that service.


	FAMILY Two or more people who consider themselves family and who assume obligations, functions, and responsibilities generally essential to healthy family life. Child care and child socialization, income support, long-term care, and other caregiving are among the functions of family life. The definition of "family" will rest with an individual's indication of who plays a family member role, including current or former foster family, adoptive family, extended family members, fictive kin, or significant others. Organizations that believe family is the central constellation in a child's life, and that family attachments are of primary importance for human development, will strive to work with professional staff to develop a common understanding of "family."


	PROGRAM A system of services offered by an organization. For example, an organization providing a mental health service may offer several mental health programs to different populations, e.g., a mental health program for adolescent teens. The word "program" can be used interchangeably with the word "service" or to describe specific programs.


	DIAGNOSIS The process by which a social, physical, or mental health problem and its underlying cause are identified and a plan of action formulated toward resolution of the problem. The diagnostic process involves collection and analysis of relevant information. See also ASSESSMENT.


	RESEARCH For purposes of COA accreditation, all forms of internal or external research involving persons served except internal program evaluation and outcomes research, or educational projects performed by students and interns that are part of their professional training.


	SERVICE POPULATION A group or target population that the organization's services are designed to serve in accord with its mission, and which includes the organization's service recipients. An organization's service population may be defined by geographic location, specific problems or needs, religion, ethnicity, culture, or other factors.