Advances in Dual Diagnosis: Volume 8 Issue 3

Service provider barriers to treatment and care for people with mental health and alcohol and other drug comorbidity in a metropolitan region of South Australia

Charlotte de Crespigny, Mette Grønkjær, Dennis Liu, John Moss, Imelda Cairney, Nicholas Procter, Miriam Posselt, Hepsibah Sharmil Francis Jebaraj, Tim Schultz, Andris Banders, Rosie King, Deb Lee, Cherrie Galletly

The purpose of this paper is to elicit clinicians’ and workers’ knowledge, experiences and opinions of key issues pertaining to comorbidity service needs of people aged 12 years…

Multiple obstacles to psychological care from the viewpoint of addiction service users

Stuart Gore, Julio Mendoza, Jaime Delgadillo

The purpose of this paper is to explore addiction service users’ experiences of psychological interventions for depression symptoms, with an emphasis on understanding obstacles to…

You never know what’s around the next corner: exploring practitioners ' hope inspiring practices

Knut Tore Sælør, Ottar Ness, Marit Borg, Stian Biong

Hope is regarded central to recovery in a broad range of health conditions including mental health and substance use problems. Still the phenomenon, along with its implications to…

Cannabis psychosis, gender matters

Ian Hamilton, Paul Galdas, Holly Essex

The purpose of this paper is to draw together key literature and analyses of data on admissions for cannabis psychosis in National Health Service hospitals in England (extracted…

Co-occurring Addictive and Psychiatric Disorders.A Practice-Based Handbook from a European Perspective

Ian Hamilton

Hope not heart-sink: is stigma the main barrier to help and recovery for people with Dual Diagnosis

Elizabeth Hughes