Mental Illness, Addicton, and Recovery

Here is an excellent article on recovery from mental illness and addiction. It compares the system that treats addiction and the system that treats mental illness. It discusses different self-help groups that are designed to treat addiction and mental illness. It talks about the lessons learned from the addictions field to treat mental illness and the lessons learned from the mental health field to treat addiction. It is an excellent read.

http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/addiction/recovery/recovery.pdf