- NEW Gary Croton of the Eastern Hume Dual Diagnosis Service
has started a new Web
Page with (so far) just one paper...but a significant one.
- Coco
Wellington ~ A novel site from a member of our Expert
Panel combining Dual Diagnosis savvy with sports psychology!
- Drug
Net The DrugNet pages on
coexisting disorders (dual diagnosis) provide systemic and clinical
information for drug & mental health workers as well as those
who work in other social welfare fields.
- Australian
General Practitioners
initiate the PARC Co-morbidity project to explore issues regarding
the approaches that GPs use when faced with patients experiencing
comorbidity difficulties. The ultimate aim of this project was to
improve the level of care provided for people with coexisting mental
health and substance use problems by establishing positive changes
in the management of comorbidity in the general practice setting
- Mind
Body Life a resource for
mental health professionals and consumers of mental health services.
The website contains useful information on optimising lifestyle for
people living with a mental illness. It profiles services around
Australia that are changing peoples lives, provides background
information on some key areas of psychosocial intervention and
provides materials that can be printed and distributed to workers
and consumers in mental health.
- Best
Practice Guidelines from the USA ~ TIPS for Alcohol
and Other Drug workers: comprehensive search facilities. Tends to
get moved around, and has not been updated recently, but contains
important background material.
California
Department of Mental Health ~ Awarded three
million dollars over a three year period in Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): describes four
demonstration projects, which are funded jointly with the counties.
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