When mental health and substance use happen together — they need to be treated together.

Roughly two-thirds of patients with substance use disorder also have a co-occurring mental health condition. Treating one without the other almost guarantees the untreated condition will drive relapse. Valor Health's integrated dual-diagnosis program treats both at once — by one team, in one plan, in one continuum of care.

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Most addiction is, at its root, a mental health condition that was never treated. We treat the whole person.

60%+

Patients dual-diagnosis

Daily

Psychiatry access

One

Integrated team

All

Levels of care

Section 01

Why integration matters

Historically, addiction and mental health treatment lived in separate worlds. Patients with both conditions were often refused care by both: addiction programs told them to get their depression treated first; mental health programs told them to get sober first. The patient sat at the intersection, untreated. Modern integrated care fixes this — one team holds the whole person and treats both conditions simultaneously.

Single integrated treatment plan
One team, weekly case conferencing
Psychiatry embedded in care
Medication & therapy together

Section 02

Depression + substance use

Many patients have been self-medicating depression for years. We use evidence-based antidepressant management (SSRIs, SNRIs, bupropion, mirtazapine), behavioral activation, CBT, and — for treatment-resistant cases — referrals for advanced treatments like TMS or ketamine. Patients typically experience significant mood improvement within the first 2–4 weeks of integrated care.

Antidepressant optimization
Behavioral activation
CBT and IPT
TMS / ketamine referrals when appropriate

Section 03

Anxiety + substance use

Alcohol, benzodiazepines and opioids are often used to quiet anxiety. The path forward is to treat anxiety properly: SSRIs as first-line, ACT and CBT for skills, somatic regulation, sleep medicine, and — for severe panic or OCD — specialized protocols like ERP. Long-term benzodiazepine use is almost never the right answer; we have safer, more effective options.

Non-addictive medication plans
CBT, ACT, exposure work
Somatic regulation skills
Sleep and lifestyle medicine

Section 04

PTSD + substance use

Trauma is the most common single driver of addiction we see. Our trauma-informed program integrates EMDR, IFS, Somatic Experiencing and CPT into the addiction treatment plan. The work is paced carefully — stabilization first, processing only when the patient is ready — but it is the work that often determines whether recovery lasts.

EMDR-certified clinicians
Phased trauma processing
Somatic and parts-work integration
PTSD-specific medication management

Section 05

Bipolar, OCD, ADHD + substance use

Less common but powerfully relevant: bipolar disorder, OCD and ADHD all dramatically increase addiction risk. Our psychiatric team is experienced with the precise medication management each of these requires — mood stabilizers for bipolar, ERP and SSRIs for OCD, non-stimulant first options for ADHD — alongside the therapy modalities that make them treatable rather than chronic.

Bipolar I/II stabilization
OCD: ERP + SSRIs
Adult ADHD evaluation
Medication safety in early recovery

Section 06

Family work and long-term continuity

Dual-diagnosis recovery is a multi-year journey. Family education, weekly family therapy during treatment, alumni community access, ongoing medication management, and a clear plan for stepping down through PHP, IOP and weekly outpatient — all built before discharge. We do not hand patients a discharge folder and a phone number; we hand them a real plan with our own team continuing the work.

Family education and therapy
Continued medication management
Step-down through full continuum
Alumni community for long-term support

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