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“When I went to the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences as a
master’s student in 1993, there were courses that were addressing some of what we now know to be core components of this model. . . . We [the Mandel School] now interface with a number of university social work programs."
--Ric Kruszynski
Ric Kruszynski, MSSA (’93), LISW, LICDC, director of IDDT consulting and training is featured in the November/December issue of Social Work Today magazine. |
December 2008
Social Work Today magazine features Ohio SAMI CCOE as IDDT innovator
—by Paul M. Kubek
Cleveland, OH--The November/December 2008 cover story of the nationally distributed Social Work Today magazine features the Ohio Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Coordinating Center of Excellence (Ohio SAMI CCOE), a program of the Center for Evidence-Based Practices at Case Western Reserve University’s Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine. Both the Mandel School and Department of Psychiatry are curriculum innovators: they both have fellowship programs for the study of co-occurring severe mental illness and substance use disorders (see sidebar).
The story written by David Surface highlights the direct-practice and technical-assistance (consulting, training, and evaluation) experiences of the SAMI CCOE’s Ric Kruszynski, MSSA (’93), LISW, LICDC, who is director of consulting and training for the Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT) model, an evidence-based practice that improves outcomes for people diagnosed with co-occurring severe mental illness and substance use disorders. The story primarily explores the evolution, effectiveness, and growing national commitment to IDDT.
The story also features the policy innovations of the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, as well as the work of colleagues in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Minnesota, including the following:
- Robert E. Drake, MD, PhD, of the Evidence-Based Practices Center of the New Hampshire-Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center
- Kim T. Mueser, MD, of the New Hampshire-Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center
- Kenneth Minkoff, MD, of Harvard Medical School
- Cynthia Godin, MA, of the Minnesota Department of Human Services
- Richard Solly, MA, of Hazelden’s Publishing and Educational Services
- Sue Hoisington, PsyD, of Hazelden’s mental health centers
Get the full story online:
www.socialworktoday.com/archive/102708p14.shtml
Citation:
David Surface (2008). Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment--A New Wave in Recovery. Social Work Today, v8, n6, p14.
“Permission is granted by Great Valley Publishing Co.” to the Center for EBPs at Case to create and post PDF of article on its website and to post and use image of magazine cover (received 11/13/2008 and on file).
Paul M. Kubek, MA, is director of communications at the Center for Evidence-Based Practices at Case Western Reserve University.
ABOUT US | ACADEMIC-COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP
The Center for Evidence Based Practices (EBPs) at Case Western Reserve University is a partnership between the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and Department of Psychiatry at the Case School of Medicine. The Center collaborates with and is supported by the following:
- Ohio Department of Mental Health (ODMH)
- Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS)
- Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission (ORSC)
- Ohio Department of Health (ODH)
Co-Directors
- Lenore A. Kola, Ph.D., associate professor of social work at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
- Robert J. Ronis, M.D., MPH, Douglas Danford Bond Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Case School of Medicine
Director of Implementation Services
- Patrick E. Boyle, MSSA (’89), LISW-S, LICDC
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