NIDA Mental Health-Substance Abuse Services Linkages Study

This study sought to understand and evaluate the linkages or relationships between agencies that serve persons with a dual disorder of substance abuse and mental illness. More specifically, investigators from the UNC Sheps Center for Health Services Research wanted to learn which factors predict collaboration and coordination among substance abuse and mental health problems. To gather organizational data on interagency collaboration, the SRU conducted 30-minute telephone interviews with 113 agency managers and directors of substance abuse and mental health programs in six U.S. cities.
Principal Investigator: Michael Calloway, PhD
UNC-Chapel Hill Sheps Center for Health Services Research
Other Investigators: Joseph Morrissey, PhD
UNC-Chapel Hill Sheps Center for Health Services Research
Bruce Fried, PhD
UNC-Chapel Hill Health Policy and Administration
Sharon Topping, PhD
University of Southern Mississippi
SRU Investigators: Ashley Bowers, MS
Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Dates: June – October 1999

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