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Evidence-Based Mental Health
and Substance Use Treatment

New Partnership seeks evidenced-based care for co-occurring disorders Addiction professionals have long been told that clients with co-occurring addiction and mental health disorders constitute the expectation, not the exception.

7 Principles of Motivational Incentives – Condensed from the article “Motivational Incentives: Foundations & Principles” by Scott H. Kellog PhD, Maxine Stitzer PhD, Nancy Petry PhD and Mary Jeanne Kreek MD (Unpublished Chapter)

Buprenorphine for the Management of Opioid Dependence – by Mark D. Green, MD and John Renner, Jr., MD

Training Nurses in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Enhancing Community Care of Patients With Serious Mental Illness – by Narsimha R. Pinninti, MBBS, DPM, MD; Lois M. Hollow, ARNP, BC; Mukesh Sanghadia, MBBS, DPM, MD, MRC Psych (UK); Kelly Thompson, RN, BSN

Methadone: history, pharmacology, neurobiology, and use – by Mark Green, Scott Kellogg and Mary Jeanne Kreek

Implementing Dual Diagnosis Services for Clients With Severe Mental Illness – by Robert E. Drake, MD, PhD; Susan M. Essock, PhD; Andrew Shaner, MD; Kate B. Carey, PhD; Kenneth Minkoff, MD; Lenore Kola, PhD; David Lynde, MSW; Fred C. Osher, MD; Robin E. Clark, PhD; and Lawrence Rickards, PhD

Moving Assertive Community Treatment Into Standard Practice – by Susan D. Phillips, MSW; Barbara J. Burns, PhD; Elizabeth R. Edgar, MSSW; Kim T. Mueser, PhD; Karen W. Linkins, PhD; Robert A. Rosenheck, MD; Robert E. Drake, MD, PhD and Elizabeth C. McDonel Herr, PhD.

Evidence-Based Pharmacologic Treatment for People With Severe Mental Illness: A Focus on Guidelines and Algorithms – by Thomas A. Mellman, MD; Alexander L. Miller, MD; Ellen M. Weissman, MD; M. Lynn Crismon, PharmD; Susan M. Esscock, PhD and Stephen R. Marder, MD.

High-Dose Methadone Improves Treatment Outcomes – by Patrick Zickler.

WestBridge Meet & Greet WestBridge Meet & Greet

At WestBridge, we work with adult men and families from around the country and, in some cases, the world. One of the unique features of our model is our virtual Meet & Greet service which allows us to deepen our assessment and begin building trust and engaging participants  in the pre-admission process.