Funding for Policy Research Associates involvement in this initiative has ended. For further information regarding this study, please visit the The SAMHSA Center on Women, Violence and Trauma web site here.

The goal of the Women, Co-Occurring Disorders and Violence Study is to produce information and knowledge about an integrated services approach for women, ages 18 or older, with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, who also have histories of physical and/or sexual abuse. Knowledge gained from the study is expected to be useful in advancing national, state and local policy that affects how the various service systems respond to women with co-occurring disorders who have histories of violence.

The study is a collaboration between the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's three Centers:

• The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
• The Center for Mental Health Services and
• The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

Charles G. Curie MA, ACSW
Administrator
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

M. Kathryn Power
Director
Center for Mental Health Services

H. Westley Clark, M.D., J.D., M.P.H.
Director
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

Beverly Watts Davis
Director
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention