Sinopsis

This book describes a simple, evidence-based, yet revolutionary design of the modern behavioral health clinic that fully integrates addiction and mental health diagnoses. This design, called the 2 x 4 model, will eliminate the silos that now pervasively exist between mental health and addiction treatment and expertise in the US. It can serve as a new backbone for a modernized behavioral healthcare system and holds considerable potential in facilitating a woefully needed renaissance in behavioral health in the US.

Features

Has the potential to invoke and influence a paradigm shift in behavioral health treatment, professional training and clinical care in the US
Outlines a plan for how all elements should be integrated and delivered in the execution of team-based clinical care led by addiction psychiatrists
Defines for insurance companies and criminal justice referral centers the types of systems that offer the best standards of care for behavioral health treatment
Develops a novel framework in which to conceptualize and treat dual diagnoses that could significantly advance the care of a large number of individuals

Table of Contents

Introduction of the 2 x 4 Model. Epidemiological, clinical and basic neuroscience foundation of the 2 x 4 model. The Illness dimension: Integrating equal focus on both Mental Illness and Addictions. The TreatmentDimension: Integrating Diagnostic tools, psychotherapies, Medications and Professional Communications. Diagnostics. Psychotherapeutics. Medications. Professional Communications. Professional Team Composition.Infrastructure. Research, Professional Training and Outcome Tracking. 2 x 4 Model Fidelity. 2 x 4 Model Implementation locally and nationwide.

Author(s) Bio

Dr. Chambers' work in the Laboratory for Translational Neuroscience of Dual Diagnosis & Development focuses on exploring causal mechanisms in the brain responsible for extremely high rates of addictions co-morbidity in mental illness. Because both addictions and mental illnesses are in large part neurodevelopmental disorders in which adolescence is a critical transition phase, his group is also interested in how the adolescent brain re-wires normally, or abnormally, in mental illnesses as intertwined with the early stages of drug addictions.