Health outcomes and service use patterns associated with co-located outpatient mental health care and alcohol and other drug specialist treatment: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Issues

Despite long-standing recommendations to integrate mental health care and alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment, no prior study has synthesised evidence on the impact of physically co-locating these specialist services on health outcomes.

Approach

We searched Medline, PsycINFO, Embase, Web of Science and CINAHL for studies examining health outcomes associated with co-located outpatient mental health care and AOD specialist treatment for adults with a dual diagnosis of substance use disorder and mental illness. Due to diversity in study designs, patient populations and outcome measures among the included studies, we conducted a narrative synthesis. Risk of bias was assessed using the MASTER scale.

Key findings

Twenty-eight studies met our inclusion criteria. We

SUBMITTER: Glover-Wright C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10946517 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature