Enhancing Integrated Treatment Programs for Severe Concurrent Substance Use and Mental Disorders: Insights on Overdose from the ROAR CANADA Project: Améliorer les programmes de traitement intégré pour les troubles mentaux et les troubles liés à l’usage de substances psychoactives graves et concomitants : aperçu de la problématique des surdoses dans le cadre du projet ROAR CANADA

ObjectiveThis paper summarizes methods and initial overdose-related results from the Reducing Overdose and Relapse: Concurrent Attention to Neuropsychiatric Ailments and Drug Addiction (ROAR CANADA) project. ROAR CANADA is a longitudinal observational study of individuals with severe concurrent substance use and mental disorders (also called dual disorders or dual diagnosis). The study sampled patients treated at two tertiary treatment centres …