Behavioral Health Business July 19, 2024
Morgan Gonzales

Patients diagnosed with both opioid use disorder (OUD) and a psychiatric condition can experience decades-long delays before receiving treatment and significant barriers to care.

A new partnership between OUD treatment provider Ophelia and hybrid mental health provider Thriveworks is seeking to provide an accessible pipeline to care for patients with co-occurring OUD and psychiatric disorders.

Through the partnership, Thriveworks clinicians can now refer patients that they determine require specialized treatment to Ophelia for care. In turn, Ophelia patients needing more mental health support beyond OUD treatment can receive therapy and psychiatry from Thriveworks.

“We’re a specialty care provider,” Zack Gray, founder and CEO of Ophelia, told Addiction Treatment Business. “We try to treat them for other conditions, but we’re...

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