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Volume 1, Issue 1<br />

Vision/Mission<br />

CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE<br />

DISORDERS INITIATIVE<br />

[MISA]<br />

CONSENSUS DOCUMENT<br />

July 2004<br />

July 2004<br />

In early 2000, the Blair County Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Programs began working<br />

together to address the barriers to services and supports experienced by persons with co-occurring<br />

mental health and substance use disorders 1 . The two programs recognized individuals with cooccurring<br />

mental health and substance use disorders as a population with unacceptable outcomes<br />

and higher costs in multiple clinical domains.<br />

Persons with co-occurring disorders are often poorly served in both mental health and substance<br />

use disorder settings, resulting in over-utilization of resources in criminal justice, primary health<br />

care, child protection, and women’s and homeless shelter systems. Individuals with co-occurring<br />

disorders are sufficiently prevalent in all mental health and substance use disorders service<br />

settings that they should be considered an expectation, rather than an exception.<br />

In the process of developing a system of recovery for persons with co-occurring disorders, the<br />

following vision and mission for a treatment and support services system that would welcome<br />

individuals with co-occurring disorders were developed and adopted by Blair County:<br />

Project Vision<br />

Blair County persons with mental health disorders and<br />

substance use disorders have the opportunity to exercise<br />

choice and control in their lives, supported by a system of<br />

recovery that integrates mental health and drug and alcohol<br />

services into a behavioral health system of care.<br />

Project Mission<br />

Blair County MH/MR/D&A program office, Blair County<br />

behavioral health providers network, and the Blair County<br />

consumers/clients and families will implement a plan to<br />

integrate mental health and drug and alcohol services into a<br />

behavioral health system of care for “persons with cooccurring<br />

disorders.”<br />

1 Substance use disorders are defined as substance abuse and/or substance addiction.<br />

As of December 2004

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