COMORBIDITY GUIDELINES:
MANAGING CO-OCCURRING ALCOHOL & OTHER DRUG AND MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS
This skills-based training program (previously called 'face-to-face training program') was developed to accompany the Guidelines on the management of co-occurring alcohol and other drug and mental health conditions in alcohol and other drug treatment settings (3rd edition) and online training program, for online and offline delivery.
Population estimates indicate that more than one-third of people with an alcohol and other drug (AOD) use disorder have at least one co-occurring mental disorder; however, the rate is even higher among those in AOD treatment programs.
The high prevalence of co-occurring AOD and mental health conditions means that AOD workers are frequently faced with the need to manage complex psychiatric symptoms whilst treating clients’ AOD use.
The training program is designed to be flexible and comprises seven half-day modules. The first two modules, ‘Understanding co-occurring conditions’ and ‘Screening and assessment’ are recommended modules that should be offered to all AOD workers and delivered before Modules 3 to 7.
Modules 3 to 7 are optional modules and can be chosen based on relevance to the workplace, workforce, consumers or professionals learning preferences. Module 3 addresses treatment approaches. Modules 4 to 7 address the most prevalent mental health disorders in AOD treatment settings.
The complete program can be delivered in three and a half days, or module by module over a period of weeks or months as required.
Module 1: Understanding co-occurring conditions (recommended core module)
Module 2: Screening and assessment (recommended core module)
Module 3: Applying motivational enhancement, cognitive, and behavioural approaches to co-occurring disorders
Module 4: Anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder
Module 5: Personality disorders
Module 6: Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Module 7: Psychosis, eating disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Training Outcomes:
KNOWLEDGE
Increases mental health and AOD comorbidity literacy
CONFIDENCE
Increases confidence in working with co-occurring mental health conditions
PRACTICALITY
Increases likelihood of utilising knowledge obtained from the learnings.
SUPPORT & SELF-CARE
Increases the support provided to others and yourself.
*Participants who are seeking to obtain their continuing professional development (CPD) points are solely responsible to liaise with their relevant industry regulator. Focused Mental Education Pty Ltd takes no responsibility for each participants to coordinate their required CPD points.