Gains - The National Gains Co-Occuring Disorders & Justice Center: A SAMHSA Initiative

Module 4 Contents

Introduction

  1. Ensuring Continuity of Care

  2. Sharing Confidential Treatment Information

  3. Sharing Criminal Records and Information with Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Professionals

  4. Developing Interagency Agreements

  5. Interagency Communication

  6. Strategic Planning

  7. Developing Action Plans

Summary

Review

Module 4: Coordinating and Integrating Systems

5A. Providing a Consistent Message

It is critical that staff from treatment and juvenile justice systems provide a consistent message to youth with co-occurring disorders. To accomplish this, staff from all three systems must communicate with each other and discuss the following issues:

  • Problem identification
  • Expectations and probability of success
  • System boundaries
  • Means for information sharing
  • Means for problem-solving

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