Mental Health: Co-occurring Disorders and Cost Analysis

This report addresses mental health disorders, specifically co-occurring disorders, which involve the combination of substance misuse and mental health ailments. It identifies three community resources in New Jersey offering dual diagnosis treatment programs, detailing their services and payment options. The report then explores the significance of cost analysis in healthcare, highlighting how it can improve patient outcomes by reallocating resources to more effective interventions, supported by a study from Harvard University. Finally, the report examines the interconnectedness of physical, emotional, and behavioral health, emphasizing how poor mental health can negatively impact physical health and vice versa, affecting the prevalence and prognosis of various diseases. References from SAMHSA, the World Health Organization, and others are included to support the findings.

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1. The diagnosis of an individual with misuse of substance like alcohol or drugs along with
mental ailment is known as co-occurring disorder. A combination of addiction to substance and
any mental health disorder can be eligible for the diagnosis of co-occurring disorder. Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in 2014 conducted National Survey on Drug
Use and Health, they discovered that around 7.9 million adults in the United States had co-
occurring disorders (Co-occurring Disorders, 2016).
The three community resources in New jersey are:
I. Family and Community Services of Dual Diagnosis/Co-occurring Treatment Program
situated in 339 West 2nd Street Bound Brook.
It concentrates to provide services in OPD substance misuse treatment and Drug
Rehab Program with payment options being Medicare, government sponsored
insurance, military insurance like TRICARE, VA or private health insurance
(Dual Diagnosis Treatment of Co-occurring Disorders, 2018).
II. Freehold Community Counseling Services Dual Diagnosis Treatment Program situated in
30 Jackson Mills Road
It provides diagnosis, OPD in substance misuse treatment and Drug Rehab
Program with payment options being either by self or by Medicaid.
III. Community Psychotherapy Associates Dual Diagnosis Treatment Program situated in
479 Avenue C Bayonne
It provides diagnosis, OPD in substance misuse treatment and Drug Rehab
Program with payment option being Medicare, government financed insurance,
military insurance, Access to recovery, Payment by self or private health
insurance.
In order to be eligible for the government financed rehab an individual should be able to
provide:
 Evidence of residence
 Evidence of earnings
 Evidence of lawful residence in the US
 Personal facts on grade of addiction and history.
2. It is evident that the cost of health care continues to increase with each passing year.
Although, there has been major developments in medical sciences but the inequalities in health
continues to exist. The cost analysis helps to identify ways to redirect the resources in order to
achieve better outcomes. It not only helps in demonstrating the benefit of allocating resources
from inefficient or ineffective to effective intervention but also the benefit of assigning resources
from less cost effective to more cost-effective interventions. As per the survey conducted by
National Center for policy analysis at Harvard University which particularly studied 185

lifesaving interventions which take place on yearly basis in the United States of America. These
interventions cost around US $ 21.4 billion saving 592,000 life years (DT, JG, & AR, 2006). The
study found different methods of assigning these funds and concluded that if the resources are
reassigned towards more cost-effective interventions, the number of live saved years could have
been doubled. Thus, the cost-effective analysis helps in maximizing the health care service
benefits to wider population which ultimately improves patient outcomes.
3. A lot of distinction is made amongst mind and body. But when bearing in mind physical and
mental health, the two must not be understood as detached. Poor mental health can adversely
affect physical health likewise poor physical health can increase the threat of mental health
problems (Kolappa, Henderson, & Kishore, 2013). Mental ailments also are threat that impact
the prevalence and forecast of diseases by tradition categorized as non-communicable. For
instance, Patients with TYPE 2 diabetes mellitus, are two times as likely to suffer from
depression compared to the general population, and the depressed patients who have diabetes as
well have more trouble with self-care. Depression
and anxiety, is prevalent amongst 50% of cancer sufferer. The risk of
having a heart attack is double in patients with depression and anxiety compared to general
population. Furthermore, also treating the patient for
depression after a heart attack has shown to lower re-hospitalization rate
and mortality.
References
Co-occurring Disorders. (2016). Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
DT, J., JG, B., & AR, M. (2006). Priorities in Health. Washington DC.
Dual Diagnosis Treatment of Co-occurring Disorders. (2018). Intervention America: National
Resource on Recovery.
Kolappa, K., Henderson, D. C., & Kishore, S. P. (2013). No physical health without mental
health: lessons unlearned? Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 1-2.