Advances in Dual Diagnosis: Volume 16 Issue 2

The intersection of social work, substance use and mental health – where are we now?

Julaine Allan, Jacqueline Jane Cameron

Social work, mental health and substance use: a scoping review

Camille Benson, Jacqueline Jane Cameron, Julaine Allan

Integrated care approaches have been recommended for co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders. The purpose of this study is to explore and map the research…

Dual diagnosis, social work and the perspective of a social work student

Damien Luke Correia, Rebecca Garvie, Julaine Allan

This paper reports a social work student’s experience of a mental health rehabilitation placement. The term “dual diagnosis” in this context includes people who experience both a…

Coproduction in evaluating a dual diagnosis tool with youth in a residential mental health service

Simon Kroes, Kevan Myers, Grace McLoughlan, Sarah O'Connor, Erin Keily, Melissa Petrakis

The purpose of this study was to utilise a lived experience (LE) informed/co-designed approach to explore the service-user experience of using the reasons for use package (RFUP…

Social work in alcohol and other drug service navigation: supporting social complexity in dual diagnosis

Sally Thomas, Sophia Cotroneo, Daniel Pham, Rosemary Kalogeropoulos, Jonathan Tyler, Shalini Arunogiri

Many people with dual diagnosis present with social complexity that impedes service access. The role of social work support in such service navigation is poorly understood. This…

Hearing the voice of child welfare social workers: planning safe care for a child with or suspected of having fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs)

William Christopher Curran, Matthew C. Danbrook

In the early 1970s, clinical evidence emerged documenting causal links between prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) and children’s behaviors as observed by child welfare social workers…

Capturing invisibility: child welfare social worker's interventions and assessment planning in presentations of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder(s)

William C. Curran, Matt C. Danbrook

Child welfare services (CWSs) globally continue to absorb high rates of children living with or suspected of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Such high prevalence rates…