Editorial: 'Dual diagnosis' calls for dual treatment -Schenectedy (NY) Daily Gazette

Many New Yorkers being treated for drug or alcohol problems also have mental health problems, and vice versa. But while the twain often meet in the individual, they are usually handled separately in the state’s more than 1,200 licensed mental health and substance abuse clinics. Fortunately, this is about to change under a new joint effort of the Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services and the Office of Mental Health. The current arrangement is wasteful and ineffective.

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