Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 73-77 , January 2006

Quality of care for substance use disorders in patients with serious mental illness

  • Amy M. Kilbourne, Ph.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA 15240, USA
    • Department of Medicine; University of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry; University of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. VA Pittsburgh Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, 151-C, University Drive C, Pittsburgh, PA 15240, USA. Tel.: +1 412 688 6477; fax: +1 412 688 6527
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  • Ihsan Salloum, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA 15240, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry; University of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • ,
  • David Dausey, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry; University of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • RAND-University of Pittsburgh Health Institute; Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • ,
  • Jack R. Cornelius, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA 15240, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry; University of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • ,
  • Joseph Conigliaro, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY, USA
    • ,
  • Xiangyan Xu, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA 15240, USA
    • ,
  • Harold Alan Pincus, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry; University of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • RAND-University of Pittsburgh Health Institute; Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA

Received 21 June 2005 ,Revised 18 October 2005 ,Accepted 25 October 2005.

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☆ The authors of this manuscript warrant that we have no actual or perceived conflicts of interest—financial or nonfinancial (e.g., employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants or patents received or pending, royalties)—in the procedures described in the enclosed manuscript.

PII: S0740-5472(05)00200-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2005.10.003

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 73-77 , January 2006

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