This
is a practice-based Journal that offers vital access to and information about dual diagnosis
in the UK. People with mental health problems who also have problematic use of drugs and alcohol (dual diagnosis) are a significant concern for services and a consistent approach about how to work effectively with this group is needed.
Published quarterly, this peer-reviewed Journal provides practical information to help improve
services for people with a dual diagnosis. It provides a forum for the dissemination of:
• best practice
• current research
• policy updates and their implications for practice
• case studies.
This Journal offers the best in new thinking on drugs and alcohol practice and reports on the latest policy, laws and developments. Peer-reviewed and published quarterly, this practice-based Journal features current articles and research for professional working in the drugs and alcohol field.
Common themes that feature in the Journal include:
• patterns of drugs and alcohol use
• the criminal justice system
• a regular drugs policy forum between relevant prohibition and legalising perspectives
• service user involvement and relations between drugs and alcohol services.
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