Advances in Dual Diagnosis: Volume 12 Issue 3

An investigation of the knowledge of intimate partner violence among clinical staff working with male substance misusers

M. Aurora Falcone, Tim Meynen

The purpose of this paper is to describe a Service Improvement Project aimed at assessing the level of knowledge of intimate partner violence (IPV) of clinical staff working in…

A qualitative evaluation of an ACT-based substance misuse treatment programme for service users within a secure mental health setting

Lacey M. Johnson, Kelly J. Elsegood, Charlotte Lennox

The purpose of this paper is to understand service users’ experience of a new acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)-based substance misuse programme. The programme is designed…

Psychosocial treatment for methamphetamine use and the associated mental health symptoms

Amrit Mann, Chris Wagstaff

Methamphetamine users commonly experience induced methamphetamine associated mental health symptoms. Currently, psychosocial treatment is implemented to reduce use; however, to…

Drug and alcohol workers’ view of positive psychology in the treatment of coexisting problems

Katalin Ujhelyi Gomez, Jerome Carson, Gill Brown, Mark Holland

Positive psychology (PP) interventions have been suggested to be beneficial in the treatment of dual diagnosis (DD). The purpose of this paper is to investigate the perspective of…