Co-Occurring/Dual Diagnosis

The IOP at Lindner Center of HOPE is an intensive treatment option for adults 18 and over experiencing challenges with substance abuse and/or co-occurring disorders.

Emerging research suggests that a new software program called “SimSensei” may be able to use facial cues and body language to detect depression using Microsoft's Xbox Kinect. ... This is currently an active area of research in several academic centers around the world, and computers have long been effective in recognizing human emotion. This work has significant implications for behavioral health as we begin to think about how to more effectively leverage technology solutions to provide better care.

Rhode Island’s statewide Health Information Exchange (HIE) has become the first in the nation to receive continuous updates in real-time with behavioral health patient information and automatically integrate with medical information, providing a comprehensive patient health profile.

Follow the money, Part 1: Behavioral care can dramatically reduce medical costs for chronic disease care, but payment system stands in way

According to a new report by SAMHSA, adults experiencing any mental illness or a substance use disorder in the past year used 39.6 percent of all cigarettes smoked by adults.