The
Women, Co-Occurring Disorders and Violence Study is a
five-year initiative jointly supported by the three centers
of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA)-the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, the
Center for Mental Health Services and the Center for
Substance Abuse Prevention. The three agencies collaborated
on the development and administration of a study on women
with alcohol, drug abuse and mental health disorders
who have histories of violence. Knowledge that is gained
from this SAMHSA study is expected to be useful in advancing
national, state and local policy that affects how the
various service systems respond to these women with co-occurring
disorders who have histories of violence.
The Phases
The Study is composed of two phases.
Phase One was Years One and Two and Phase Two is Years
Three through Five.
Phase One:
Fourteen Study Sites were selected to participate in
Phase One (Years 1 & 2) of the federal study. The
sites were to develop integrated service system strategies
for women with co-occurring mental health and substance
abuse disorders who have also been victims of violence.
The primary focus of Phase One was:
The implementation of a strategy for an effective
system of care;
The refinement and implementation of a qualitative
evaluation;
The design of service intervention models; and
The development of multi-site outcome evaluation
and the study site specific evaluations.
Phase Two:
Currently in Phase Two of the Study (Years 3-5), nine
sites were selected to participate in the second phase
of the Study. These sites, with technical assistance
from the Study Coordinating Center, focused on the full
implementation of the process and multi-site, client-level
evaluation developed in Phase One.
The primary focus of Phase Two is:
Full-scale implementation of the array of integrated
services intervention models;
Full-scale implementation of the Phase Two multi-site
evaluation protocols; and
The
Women, Co-Occurring Disorders and Violence Study is a
five-year initiative jointly supported by the three centers
of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA)-the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, the
Center for Mental Health Services and the Center for
Substance Abuse Prevention. The three agencies collaborated
on the development and administration of a study on women
with alcohol, drug abuse and mental health disorders
who have histories of violence. Knowledge that is gained
from this SAMHSA study is expected to be useful in advancing
national, state and local policy that affects how the
various service systems respond to these women with co-occurring
disorders who have histories of violence.
