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Dual Diagnosis

This course aims to provide core information on how drugs, alcohol and mental health issues interrelate. The interface between mental health, drugs and alcohol is highly complex and not necessarily well understood. A example of this is the debate over the nature of the relationship between cannabis and psychotic illness filling the UK press at the moment and creating a lot of fear and anxiety.Phrases like 'dual diagnosis' cause workers considerable anxiety. Many feel unskilled in dealing with that and as a consequence clients often feel caught between services and struggle to get appropriate help - this short course introduces the issues and enables workers to examine their roleClients who have both mental health and drugs issues tend to find it extremely difficult to access decent services often due to poor service co-ordination and prejudice.

Objectives

By the end of the course participants will be able to:

• Discuss how various illegally acquired drugs may be used to alter emotional states
  • List ways in which different patterns of drug use may impact on a person’s mental health
  • Examine the implications for clients of different models of ‘complex needs’ and ‘dual diagnosis’.
  • Review their respective roles, information sharing and referral pathways to ensure the best experience possible for the client
  

DANOS and other National Occupational Standards:

AB2 Support Individuals who are substance users
AF1 Carry out screening and referral assessment
MH3 Work with service providers to support people with mental health needs in ways which promote their rights

Who will benefit from attending?

The learning on this course is essential for all front line workers who may have to work with people who have mental health problems or have to liaise with mental health services.
Length 2 days – 9:30 – 4:30 (or equivalent)

This course is designed and delivered in association with DrugScope

DrugScope is the UK's leading independent centre of expertise on drugs and the national membership organisation for the drug field. Our aim is to inform policy development and reduce drug-related harms - to individuals, families and communities. We provide quality drug information, promote effective responses to drug taking, undertake research, advise on policy-making, encourage informed debate - particularly in the media - and speak for our member organisations working on the ground.

Please note
All our courses are commissioned for groups and organisations. If you have more than three people who would benefit from working together on this topic, use the link at the the bottom of the page to contact me, or click here to find out more about getting us to deliver a programme.

We regret that we do not have an open access programme