Co-Occurring Disorders

(Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders)

A complete range of services for the person with both a psychiatric and substance abuse/addictions/dependency disorder. These patients benefit most from a multidisciplinary team skilled in applying both treatment methods simultaneously.

Co-occurring Disorders services provide the necessary, integrated treatment in inpatient hospitalization, partial hospitalization, residential treatment, and intensive and traditional outpatient treatment. For any Co-occurring Disorders service, please call the Contact Center at 616.455.9200.

The program's goals are to:

• establish abstinence from all addictive drugs
• stabilize the acute disease
• rehabilitate the body, mind, and spirit
• set up a program of dual recovery that includes regularly attending self-help groups

Inpatient Hospitalization
Pine Rest provides a safe, structured setting to help patients manage crisis and start treatment. A multidisciplinary team identifies the problems, begins discharge planning, and decides appropriate referrals.

Partial Hospitalization
In partial hospitalization, also known as day treatment, patients develop ownership of their problem. They begin to understand their capacity for managing the illness and prepare for reentry into the community.

The program offers a Dual Recovery Track that includes the Dual Recovery Group Therapy, Dual Relapse Prevention/Education Group, Medication Education Group, and Faith and Recovery Group. Patients develop positive, nonaddictive coping skills, deepen their commitment to abstinence, begin managing any necessary psychotropic medications, and develop an aftercare plan.

Outpatient Treatment
Patients continue their recovery and increase their independent functioning in outpatient treatment. Therapy helps them deal with interpersonal conflict and manage their symptoms. They work on ending drug-centered activities and improving relationships at work and home. Intensive outpatient treatment adds specific Dual Recovery Track components within the partial hospitalization.

Pine Rest promotes the self-help recovery movement by offering meeting space for AA, Alanon, and-Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA)-meetings. While Pine Rest does not run the meetings, when appropriate, staff encourage patients to use the groups as part of the comprehensive treatment plan.

Eligibility and Payment
Patients need a primary psychiatric diagnosis with admission criteria for intensive programs. Pine Rest participates with Medicare, Medicaid, most insurance carriers, and many managed care programs. Some - including Medicaid - require pre-authorization for services.