- Title
- Co-existing mental health and drug and alcohol problems: steps towards better treatment
- Creator
- Baker, Amanda L.; Kay-Lambkin, Frances J.; Lewin, Terry J.
- Relation
- Clinical Handbook of Co-existing Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Problems p. 1-19
- Relation
- http://www.routledgementalhealth.com/shopping_cart/products/product_detail.asp?sku=&isbn=9781583917756
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2007
- Description
- Key Points: (1) Co-existing mental health and drug and alcohol problems are very common in clinical practice. (2) The experience of clients with co-existing problems is likened to a huge dysfunctional traffic roundabout. (3) Screening, assessing and intervening with clients with co-existing problems must become core business for health practitioners and health services; skill in this area needs to be a fundamental capability of practitioners working within both specialist mental health and drug and alcohol services. (4) There is no clear indications for a 'best treatment'. (5) There are indications that assessment and brief interventions are useful for some people with co-existing problems. (6) The high prevalence of co-existing problems and evidence for the utility of briefer interventions for some people implies that a 'stepped' model of care may be useful.
- Subject
- mental health; drug and alcohol abuse; treatment
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/35270
- Identifier
- uon:3843
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781583917756
- Language
- eng
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