Course

This module examines the basic knowledge required for understanding the co-morbidity of substance use and mental health. It aims to equip people with an understanding of mental health disorders commonly associated with substance misuse, the nature of co-occurrence, commonly co-occurring psychological disorders and what the average comorbidity worker might do with it all.

Mental health problems are common in people with substance use disorders. It follows that people without specialist knowledge are likely to encounter these challenges. We are talking about which comorbidity problems need specialist addiction teams and which stay within general addiction teams.

❝Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will surface later in an uglier form.❞ Sigmund Freud