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Dual diagnosis: a challenging therapeutic issue of our time
- Author:
- ASKEY Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Drugs and Alcohol Today, 7(4), December 2007, pp.33-39.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article looks at some of the challenges that face staff working in both substance misuse services and mental health services as they work to deliver services to a group of service users with multiple and complex needs. It will look at the way in which dual diagnosis is defined, the challenges that face both services and service users, how new government guidance could impact upon improved working practice and outcomes in the future and what some of the barriers are to the successful implementation of this guidance.