Center City, Minn.-based Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is launching a new model for integrated mental health and substance use conditions.
The model will be implemented at the substance use disorder treatment provider’s 15 locations across all levels of care, according to an April 17 news release.
Here are five things to know:
- Around four in five patients at Hazelden Betty Ford have more than one mental health condition. The average patient has three or four diagnoses.
- The model implements co-occurring care for mental health and substance use disorders, so patients receive all their care in the same place.
- The model will use multiple treatment modalities and multidisciplinary teams, including psychiatrists, nurses, counselors and family specialists.
- The integrated approach is intended to “pave the way for personalized medicine,” Joseph Lee, MD, CEO of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, said. The foundation will also develop products from the model designed to “benefit the entire field,” Dr. Lee said.
- The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation operates inpatient and outpatient addiction and mental healthcare sites in nine states.
