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Course

  • 42001 Substance Use Practice

Job Experience

  • Director of Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment, Thresholds
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dartmouth Medical School, Department of Community and Family Medicine
  • Consultant, Illinois Deparment of Mental Health
  • Program Director, Thresholds

Fields of Special Interest

  • Implementing integrated mental health and substance abuse treatment for people with co-occurring disorders
  • Research and clinical work focused on enhancing motivation to change substance use behavior among people with mental illness and substance use disorders
  • Adolescents involved with the juvenile justice system

Publications or Presentations

  • Devitt, T.S., Davis, K.E., Kinley, M., & Smyth, J. (2009). The evolution of Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment at Thresholds: lessons learned. American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 12, 93-107.
  • Davis, K.E., Devitt, T.S., Rollins, A.L., O’Neill, S.J., Pavick, D.L., & Harding, B.P. (2006). Integrated residential treatment for persons with severe and persistent mental Illness: lessons in recovery. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 38, 263-272.
  • Implementing Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment on Assertive Community Treatment Teams:  Lessons Learned.  The 26th Annual Assertive Community Treatment Association Conference, Chicago, IL, June 2010. 
  • Implementing Integrated Treatment for Co-Occurring Disorders. The Illinois Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Association Annual Conference, Naperville, IL, October 2009.
Rachel Durchslag

Demanding Change

Rachel Durchslag is the winner of SSA’s 2012 Butler Award for her groundbreaking work to transform how we view prostitution and protect its victims