Implementing integrated services in routine behavioral health care: primary outcomes from a cluster randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An estimated 8.2 million adults in the United States live with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Although the benefits of integrated treatment services for persons with co-occurring disorders has been well-established, gaps in access to integrated care persist. Implementation research can address this gap. We evaluated if the Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx) implementation strategy was effective in increasing integrated services capacity among organizations treating persons with co-occurring disorders.

Methods

This study employed a cluster randomized waitlist control group design. Forty-nine addiction treatment organizations from the State of Washington were randomized into one of two study arms: (1) NIATx strategy (

SUBMITTER: Assefa MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6814122 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature