Tools & Resources

Back to Basics: Chronic Conditions of Mental Health and Substance Use

QIO Program Admin
QIO Program Admin • July 26, 2024
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This Back to Basics webinar, developed for health care providers by Superior Health Quality Alliance, discusses how behavioral health and substance use disorders can complicate treatment of hypertension, diabetes, chronic kidney disease and tobacco misuse. Greater attention to care coordination is required with these comorbid chronic conditions. Presenters will: 

  • Describe the prevalence of co-occurring substance use disorders with commonly identified chronic conditions  
  • Discuss how chronic conditions can lead to behavioral health or substance use disorders
  • Review how behavioral health and substance use disorders can impact treatment of other chronic conditions
  • Explain the importance of coordinating care for patients with multiple chronic conditions that include behavioral health and substance use disorders