Advances in Dual Diagnosis: Volume 3 Issue 2

‘All change, please’

Liz Hughes

The development of a multidisciplinary programme for the treatment of alcohol‐related brain injury

Liam North, Louise Gillard‐Owen, Debbie Bannigan, Chris Robinson

This paper provides an overview of the evidence base for alcohol‐related brain injury (ARBI) and describes how this has been used to develop a pilot programme for the treatment of…

Collaborative working to engage assertive outreach service users in harm reduction

Charlie Place

Assertive outreach teams work with some individuals who experience severe problems and are also injecting drug users. These people can be at risk due to their injecting behaviour…

Treatment of dual diagnosis in mentally disordered offenders: application of evidence from the mainstream

Sarah Weldon, Gordon Ritchie

Empirical evidence suggests that a complex relationship exists between substance misuse, mental illness and violence in forensic populations. Therefore, effective treatment and…

Enhancing dual diagnosis capacities in acute inpatient nurses: a practitioner‐based action research project

Paul Barrett, Sue Roberts

This paper describes the efforts of an academic and practitioners to work together to improve the care of people with a dual diagnosis within one acute mental health care ward…

Dual diagnosis training for the criminal justice workforce

Liz Hughes, Tara O'Neill, Clive Tobutt, Digby Ingle

A significant number of offenders have both mental health and substance use problems. Failure to identify and treat these complex needs can lead to poor outcomes, such as relapse…

National Institute for Clinical Excellence: Guidance For Alcohol

Liz Hughes

PROGRESS update

Justine Trippier