Psychosocial intervention for people with both severe mental illness and substance misuse

Cleary M., Hunt G., Matheson S. et al in Psychosocial intervention for people with both severe mental illness and substance misuse analysed all relevant trials which randomly allocated severely mentally ill patients to different treatments in order to assess whether a psychosocial intervention intended to reduce substance use improved on standard care or treatment as usual. 25 such trials were found with a total of 2478 participants, testing either one-off treatments or integrated or non-integrated programmes. Therapeutic approaches included case management, cognitive-behavioural therapy, motivational interviewing and combinations of these. Follow the link to read more about the outcomes of their review which concluded that "No compelling evidence was found to support any one psychosocial treatment over treatment as usual".
Psychosocial interventions for people with both severe mental illness and substance misuse.