Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 267-275 , October 2006

Addiction treatment services and co-occurring disorders: Prevalence estimates, treatment practices, and barriers

  • Mark P. McGovern, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, New Hampshire Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, Suite 202, 2 Whipple Place, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA. Tel.: +1 603 448 0263.
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  • Haiyi Xie, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community and Family Medicine, New Hampshire Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, USA
    • ,
  • Sam R. Segal, L.P.C., L.A.D.C.

      Affiliations

    • Addiction Services Division, CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Connecticut Valley Hospital, Middletown, CT, USA
    • ,
  • Lauren Siembab, M.S., L.A.D.C.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Health Care Systems, State of Connecticut, Hartford, CT, USA
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  • Robert E. Drake, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, New Hampshire Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, USA
    • Department of Community and Family Medicine, New Hampshire Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, USA

Received 21 December 2005 ,Revised 2 May 2006 ,Accepted 5 May 2006.

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 All work was performed in the United States.

PII: S0740-5472(06)00143-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2006.05.003

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 267-275 , October 2006

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