The Co-Occurring Methamphetamine Expanded Treatment (COMET) Program provides two best practice models of treatment, the Matrix Model (stimulant addiction treatment) and Assertive Community Treatment (intensive case management services) to individuals dually diagnosed with Methamphetamine addiction and serious mental illness. COMET is a three year Targeted Capacity Expansion grant funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The COMET program began in October 2004 and is funded through September 2007.

Methamphetamine addiction has reached epidemic proportions along the West Coast. This three-year project will expand Clark County, Washington's capacity to reduce methamphetamine abuse among seriously mentally ill people in the county, helping them to establish a clean and sober lifestyle, improving their physical health and the quality of their lives, and reducing episodes of criminality, homelessness, and psychiatric crisis.

The Regional Research Institute at Portland State University is conducting a comprehensive process and outcome evaluation of the COMET program. Over the project period, the RRI will evaluate the programs effectiveness, disseminate program outcomes and develop a manualized approach to treatment of methamphetamine users with co-occurring mental health disorders.

Related Link:

Clark County COMET site: http://www.clark.wa.gov/commserv/comet.html

Concluded Project - December 2007 Co-Occurring Methamphetamine Expanded Treatment (COMET) Program

Concluded Project - December 2007

Co-Occurring Methamphetamine Expanded Treatment (COMET) Program