For decades, addiction treatment and mental health care were often delivered in separate systems. A person might enter a substance use disorder (SUD) program to address alcohol or drug use, while depression, anxiety, trauma, or other mental health conditions were treated somewhere else—or sometimes not treated at all. "In the Old Days ", treatment programs grew out of AA communities. Archway Recovery Services shares this legacy. When it was founded, ARS services centered aro

I received an email today from our Community Engagement Manager, Leslie Silver. She joined our Enhanced Care Management team at a community event recently in Vacaville. She sent me the following email to express her appreciation for our ECM team. Our ECM team is at work in the community helping those living with a substance use disorder and/or co-occurring mental health diagnoses to get the help they need. Here is Leslie's email: I wanted to take a moment to share how impres

Substance use disorder rarely exists in isolation. Clinical research consistently shows that many individuals entering addiction treatment are also managing mood disorders, trauma histories, anxiety disorders, or other behavioral health challenges. This certainly true for people treated at Archway. When these conditions are treated separately, or even sequentially, important clinical signals are often missed. The risk of relapse increases. Our counselors work directly with o