Co-existing mental health and drug and alcohol problems occur frequently in primary care and clinical settings. Despite this, health professionals rarely receive training in how to detect, assess and formulate interventions for co-existing problems and few clinical guidelines exist. This Handbook provides an exciting and highly useful addition to this area, enabling professionals working with co-existing problems to understand best practice and ensure that people with co-existing problems receive optimal treatment.
Key Features
- Working within a cognitive behavioural framework
- Provision of consultation-liaison services, training and supervision
- Individual, group and family interventions
- Working with rurally isolated populations
Additional Information
Leading clinicians from the UK, the US and Australia provide practical descriptions of assessments and interventions for co-existing problems. The contributors also provide detailed descriptions of assessments and treatments for a range of disorders when accompanied by drug and alcohol problems, including anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and learning difficulties. The Clinical Handbook of Co-existing Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Problems will enhance clinicians’ confidence in working with people with co-existing problems. It will prove a valuable resource for all psychologists, psychiatrists, counsellors, social workers and all those working in both primary and secondary care health settings.
