Families need help to deal with the impact of concurrent disorders, but families are also a key to finding effective solutions. To help their relatives on the journey to recovery, families need: information about substance use and mental health problems-and above all, to know that families do not cause the problems, a common language with treatment providers-to make it easier to collaborate, strategies to cope with issues associated with concurrent disorders, strategies to look after themselves and reduce the impact of their relatives' problems on their own lives.
