Dual Diagnosis: Practice in Context

Dual Diagnosis: Practice in Context is a practical evidence-based guide for practitioners working in multi-disciplinary mental health and substance misuse service settings. Divided into three sections, this comprehensive and international text first explores the contemporary contextual issues surrounding the subject area. It then goes on to review dual diagnosis in some of the 'special' populations (including people diagnosed with personality disorders, women, young people, and older adults) and contemporary issues (e.g. crystal methamphetamine and mental health). Part three reviews the de.
Content: Dual Diagnosis: Practice in Context; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Part 1 Contemporary Context; 1 Definition, Recognition and Assessment; 2 Explanatory Models for Dual Diagnosis; 3 Consumer Perspectives; Part 2 Common Presentations and Special Populations; 4 Risk Assessment and Dual Diagnosis; 5 Reducing Drug-Related Harm Among Mentally Ill People; 6 Motivational Interviewing; 7 Psychological Interventions; 8 Alcohol and Mood Disorders; 9 Polysubstance Use and Personality Disorder; 10 Older People and Dual Diagnosis; 11 Stimulant Use and Psychosis; 12 Women and Dual Diagnosis. 13 Drug-Induced Psychosis14 Cannabis Use and Psychosis; 15 Methamphetamine and Mental Health; 16 Public Health and Dual Diagnosis; 17 Comorbidity or Complexity: A Primary Care Perspective on Dual Diagnosis; Part 3 International Perspectives, Policy and Development; 18 Dual Diagnosis North America; 19 Dual Diagnosis Australasia; 20 Dual Diagnosis Europe; 21 Commissioning Services for Users with Dual Diagnosis; 22 Practice, Resea.
Abstract: Dual Diagnosis: Practice in Context is a practical evidence-based guide for practitioners working in multi-disciplinary mental health and substance misuse service settings. Divided into three sections, this comprehensive and international text first explores the contemporary contextual issues surrounding the subject area. It then goes on to review dual diagnosis in some of the 'special' populations (including people diagnosed with personality disorders, women, young people, and older adults) and contemporary issues (e.g. crystal methamphetamine and mental health). Part three reviews the de