Interviews and discussion of concurrent disorders, from treatment and personal perspectives

Program Title: Concurrent disorders: What happens when mental illness and addiction meet
Description: Concurrent disorders—the combination of a mental illness and substance use disorder—are much more widespread than many people realize. It is generally estimated that around half of people with an addiction or mental illness will also have the other. People with concurrent disorders often fall through the cracks of the health care system.
[Source: BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information]

Host(s): Kevin Midbo, Jan Coleman
Featured Speakers/Guests: We speak with Dr. Ian Musgrave, clinical director at Seven Oaks Tertiary Care facility in Victoria, Cheryl Peever, manager of the women’s program at Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), and Alita, who shares her personal experiences facing alcoholism and mental illness.

Credits: People First Radio is an initiative of Columbian Centre Society and broadcast on CHLY 101.7 FM community/campus radio in Nanaimo, B.C.

Comments: The opnions expressed are not necessarily those of Columbian Centre Society or Radio Malaspina Society.