Exploring Differences in Baseline Characteristics among Adults Entering Integrated Residential Treatment for Co-occurring Disorders in 2013 and 2017

An investigation comparing primary and secondary substance cravings between mental health and substance use disorder program inpatients

“…The number of people who may not be receiving the integrated treatment they require may be substantial since in 2017 approximately 18.24% of adults with mental illnesses also had SUDs and 45.45% of people with SUDs had cooccurring mental illnesses [21] . Thus, when individuals admitted to an inpatient psychiatric hospital are not assessed for substance use cravings, treatment effectiveness may be limited because co-occurring mental illnesses and SUDs exacerbate the course of the mental illness by increasing relapses, hospitalizations, legal problems, medical problems, homelessness, incarceration, suicidality, and mortality [22][23][24][25] . Recent substance use among mental health inpatients is also associated with treatment non-compliance [26] .…”