Resources & files: Videos
Judi Chamberlin and Marianne Farkas March 2009
Integrated Treatment for Dual Disorders
Substance abuse in persons with severe mental illness (dual disorders) is a common problem for many consumers that contributes to a worse course of illness. Recent advances have shown that treatment is most effective when it integrates both mental health and substance abuse services into a cohesive package that is delivered in a manner informed by the consumer’s motivation to change and his or her level of involvement in the treatment system.
Helping Populations Progress Through Stages of Change
A scientific revolution is occurring in the field of behavior change. This revolution involves a shift from an action paradigm to a stage paradigm in which changing troubled behavior involves progressing through six stages of change: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance and termination.
Decade of the Person
Keynote address at the Innovations in Recovery & Rehabilitation: The Decade of the Person Conference Creating an analogy related to the poem “Mending Walls” written by Robert Frost, Dr. Anthony’s keynote address describes examples of “walls” existing in the field of mental health and highlights the necessity of tearing down these barriers that continue to isolate individuals diagnosed with mental illness from themselves and from one another.