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[…] histhory ob our services and how we worhk with people as equal partners. ‘At a time when milliohns ob people are experiencing issues whith drugs, alcohol and mental health and obten going without help, we want to make it as easy as possibhle to take the first step in getting suphport.’ The charity was started […]

[…] the importance of partnership working that is present throughout the document. This is particularly the case where the strategy stresses the importance of working with colleagues in mental health, employment, the criminal justice system and housing. These are not necessarily new ambitions and relationships do already exist in many areas, but from our perspective they […]

[…] we have lost. Harry Shapiro, director of communications and information, DrugScope    ‘Lack of funding will have a massive impact’  People’s needs are becoming much more complex, with increased mental health issues, general health concerns, and higher levels of medication. We’ve seen the use of new drugs such as legal highs, an increase in ketamine use, and […]

People who have a co-occurring substance use disorder and another mental health disorder (CoSUM) are suffering harm and premature death after being excluded from care, warns a new report from the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych). People with CoSUM not only experience poorer health but have higher mortality and suicide rates than people who have […]

[…] receive money from a £50m ‘research boost’ to tackle health inequalities, the government has announced. The money will be used to address challenges including drug use, poor mental health and obesity to ‘improve health outcomes across the country’. The investment will be overseen by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and used […]

[…] gaps between statutory and voluntary services as they currently exist. There are often gaps in referral protocols, communication and policies locally – between alcohol services and community mental health teams, social services, housing probation and prison services, where clients frequently fall through the net. An added essential criterion that Local Alcohol Planning groups are set […]

[…] people in England have alcohol problems: they and their families are often in a desperate situation and they need support. Many people with alcohol problems have concurrent mental health or other drug issues and are often turned away from services that cannot cater for their complex needs. The government is right to focus oneducation and […]

[…] gave him as a crash course in ‘health ser vices on the ground – what we now see as community care’ and an insight to people in mental health ser vices that were using cannabis. Coupled with the memory of an old schoolmate who had died of a heroin overdose, he realised he cared about […]

[…] to be the best way of making sure the needs of young people were paramount. A consistent relationship would need to be maintained with Child and Adolescent mental Health Services (CAMHS), schools, police and voluntar y groups, teaming up in new ways to share information and help young people to achieve their goals and have […]

[…] conference also heard that drug use in Europe was now entering a ‘more stable phase’. Develop dual diagnosis Improved services for prisoners with a dual diagnosis of mental health and alcohol or drug problems need to be ‘urgently developed’, according to a new Department of Health report. The Bradley report – Lord Bradley’s review of […]

[…] needs, ‘ensuring the right person is placed on the right programme’, says Martin Barnes, Drugscope's Chief Executive. This involves acknowledging underlying difficulties that undermine success, such as mental health problems or poor housing. And forcing people into treatment, they argue, would be counter-productive given that a third of drug users drop out of treatment within […]

[…] MSc NutMed This workshop is aimed at all those who work with substance misusers. It will explore why diet is so impo- rtant to their physical and mental health, as well as their long term drug/ alcohol outcomes. The workshop will focus on healthy eating related to the particular problems experienced by the individ- uals […]

[…] ser vice provision.’ Supporting user groups, active networking with other organisations and learning from other people’s involvement work were all vital, she said, and the field of mental health could provide a good example. ‘There’s a lot of good service user involvement going on out there that you can learn from. Empowerment of ser vice […]

Dual Diagnosis Anonymous is a new peer-led resource for people with co-existing mental health and addiction problems, as Dr Raffaella Milani explains. Coexisting substance misuse and mental health disorders (dual diagnosis) are the norm, rather than the exception. A report commissioned by the Department of Health and NTA in 2002 found that 75 per cent […]

[…] DRINK AND DRUGS NEWS • MARCH 2021 and little access tso interventions or meaninbful activity such as education. However, more than half (57 per cent) said their mental health had become worse. The survey was funded throubh a rebulatory settlement approved by the Gamblinb Commission. Helen Rhodess, Gamblinb Commission director of the National Strateby to […]

[…] in the public consciousness. The fact that he had a severe anti-social personality disorder sparked a public debate and led almost directly to attempts to re-draft the Mental Health Act. Unfortunately various legal appeals and challenges to the inquiry process have meant that the report could not be published until September 2006. As a result […]

[…] available at www.ihra.net/ uploads/downloads/ NewsItems/Barrett- UniqueinInternationalRelations.pdf News in Brief Homeless gaps The majority of clients dealt with by homelessness agencies have multiple problems around alcohol, drug misuse, mental health, benefits and debt, according to a new report from Homeless Link and Resource Informa- tion Service, the first ‘baseline demo- graphic’ on the state of the […]

Turning Point has launched a new training resource to increase the awareness and understanding of substance use and mental health. Photo by Christin Hume on Unsplash The initiative started with a donation from a mother whose daughter, an NHS nurse, lost her life after a long history of mental health illness and alcohol addiction. Turning […]

[…] into commissioning reference groups. ‘It’s about getting smart,’ she said, ‘and thinking of integration and cooperation with our public health colleagues on things like sexual health and mental health. There are opportunities if we get smart.’ Jim Barnard, manager of Inclusion Drug and Alcohol Services, gave a provider’s perspective of the commissioning environment. Contrary to […]

[…] tobacco. It can lead to acute and chronic bronchitis, lung cancer and asthma and is also associated with mouth, tongue and stomach cancer. There are also the mental health risks, especially schizophrenia. The risks of schizophrenia are increased if a person is at risk from psychotic illness and if they begin to smoke cannabis from […]

[…] range of services Steps Together Group provides private residential and outpatient services for individuals, families, employers and communities to confront the devastating impact of addiction or poor mental health. CEO Darren Rolfe FOUNDED IN 2017, Steps Together was created when CEO Darren Rolfe found his own recovery from addiction and poor mental health using the […]

[…] tobacco. It can lead to acute and chronic bronchitis, lung cancer and asthma and is also associated with mouth, tongue and stomach cancer. There are also the mental health risks, especially schizophrenia. The risks of schizophrenia are increased if a person is at risk from psychotic illness and if they begin to smoke cannabis from […]

Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash The Forward Trust has set up a new mental health service for young people due to leave a secure setting in the Kent and Medway area. This Mental Health Awareness Week, project Team Leader Simon King tells us why support like this is so important in helping reduce […]

[…] and minority ethnic groups through a diversity action plan, according to the minister. ‘We need to engage with community groups and think creatively about this,’ she said. Mental health issues and dual diagnosis were also high on the agenda, alongside the different, specific needs of women with young children and street workers. The government and […]

[…] Prison Advice and Care Trust (PACT) have shared research showing that those serving sentences and prison and staff working within the prison system state clearly that the mental health of men and women in prison is their primary challenge in rehabilitation. Further to this, poor prison conditions are exacerbating their ability to manage mental health […]

[…] diagnosed mental illness can remain indefinitely in Red Zone and on a prescription and will also receive the support of MIND and assertive outreach CPNs from the Mental Health Services. The probation service requires that criminal justice clients attend appointments with a worker twice a week in line with their own Drug Rehabilitation Requirement (DRR) […]

[…] and our province-wide service had around 600 employees. The commission was merged into Alberta Health Services in 2009. The purpose was good – to integrate addiction and mental health services with all other medical services. Other regional boards and local authorities were merged as well. Since then we have belonged to a single organisation that […]

[…] that the announcement of a review of cannabis classification was ‘all about political posturing and has nothing to do with science. In reality the potency issue and mental health issues associated with cannabis are well understood and have not change significantly since they were last reviewed by the ACMD in 2005’. DrugScope said it was […]

[…] and minority ethnic groups through a diversity action plan, according to the minister. ‘We need to engage with community groups and think creatively about this,’ she said. Mental health issues and dual diagnosis were also high on the agenda, alongside the different, specific needs of women with young children and street workers. The government and […]

[…] needs to be tackled urgently by local commissioners, say Addaction and YoungMinds. The two charities have joined forces to publish Childhood Adversity, Substance Misuse and Young People’s Mental Health, a briefing paper and action plan that aims to help young people avoid high risk substance misuse and further trauma from being criminalised. The paper has […]

[…] sector, local authorities, NHS services. ICSs are well placed to support a truly joined-up approach to service provision with hepatology departments, community treatment services, local authorities and mental health services working together to get more people who are drinking at higher or increasing risk support to cut down or stop altogether. The extent to which […]

[…] College of Psychiatrists. It highlights the ‘significant inequalities’ between mental and physical healthcare and lower funding rates for mental healthcare ‘relative to the scale and impact’ of mental health problems. The document calls on the government to establish equivalent rates of access for mental health services, and for public health programmes to focus on the […]

[…] treatment. Retention in drug treatment has been built into mainstream health performance management systems including primar y care trusts’ local delivery plans and the star rating of mental health trusts. Year-on-year improvement in retention will be expected from this year. The NTA will issue new guidance on waiting times and retention and roll out review […]

A new Co-occurring mental health and substance use delivery framework has been published by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England, to address deficiencies in service provision. ‘People with co-occurring mental health and substance use conditions can find it hard to engage with support, and services too often fail to meet […]

[…] commissioning officer Anna Hargrave worked in NHS commissioning for 13 years, while chief communications officer Alexia Clifford led numerous public health campaigns for PHE on issues including mental health and stopping smoking. Vision The strategy defines the charity’s vision of a society ‘where people are safe from gambling harms’, chief executive Zoe Osmond tells DDN, […]

[…] deliver a more dynamic treatment system by focusing on ser vice users’ ’treatment journey‘, together with a focus on an individual’s holistic needs (including housing, employment etc) to maximise the benefits of treatment.  Tr eatment engagement Recent evidence suggests that waiting for more than three weeks can be a disincentive to accessing treatment. As a result, the NTA will issue new guidance this summer setting new waiting times including: three weeks for those voluntarily seekingtreatment; and faster access for priority groups. Local systems of investigation will be required if ser vice users wait longer than six weeks.      Just over half of ser vice users discharged in 2003/04 had been retained in treatment for more than 12 weeks. Evidence tells us that those who leave in the first 12 weeks rarely have any long-term benefit from treatment. Retention in drug treatment has been built into mainstream health performance management systems including primar y care trusts’ local delivery plans and the star rating of  mental health trusts. Year-on-year improvement in retention will be expected from this year.  The NTA will issue new guidance on waiting times and retention and roll out review processes, training packages and a librar y of evaluated interventions toaid retention.   Improving drug treatment effectiveness NTA to launch new strategy On 30 June 2005, the National T reatment Agency (NTA) will […]

Services across the UK ‘remain ill-equipped’ to meet the needs of people with co-existing substance use and mental health issues, says a report led by Glasgow Caledonian University. Around 30-50 per cent of people experiencing serious mental ill health have co-existing drug or alcohol conditions Expert clinicians should be introduced across all health services to […]

The latest meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Drugs, Alcohol and Criminal Justice focused on the service gaps facing people with both mental health and substance use needs – and the personal and system-wide costs of failing to provide coordinated support. Held during Mental Health Awareness Week (12-18 May), the session – Falling […]

[…] become a serious problem are likely to have been exposed to risk factors such as abuse and neglect, parental substance use, chaotic environments, social exclusion or poor mental health. The single strongest predictor of the severity of a young person’s substance misuse problems is the age at which they start using substances. According to Lankelly […]

[…] structured interventions such as Motivational Interviewing, Brief Therapy and Relapse Prevention and be skilled in delivering workshops and therapeutic groups. Knowledge and skills in the field of mental health would be extremely desirable as a large proportion of the caseload experience mental health issues. You will also have experience of multi- agency partnership working as […]

[…] victory against opium if we lose Afghanistan in the process.’ Report available at www.unodc.org/documents/ crop-monitoring/ORA_report_2009.pdf www.drinkanddrugsnews.com Government gets FRANK about cannabis A NEW CAMPAIGN focusing on the mental health harms associated with cannabis has been launched by the government’s drug information service FRANK. Aimed at 11-18 year olds, the £2.2m campaign will run for the […]

[…] service for clients,’ to which Douglas added ‘a substance misuse service cannot exist in isolation – it has to exist in a network of services.’ Stigma and mental health issues also posed obstacles to identifying problems early. Alcohol misuse was an issue that was often overlooked, said consultant liaison psychiatrist Dr Peter Byrne, and many […]

[…] back as 2002, research was showing that 70 per cent of people in drug services and 86 per cent in alcohol services had described or reported severe mental health problems in the previous year, said Dr Hauwa Onifade, a forensic psychologist at Turning Point involved in developing services with an integrated approach to co-existing mental […]

[…] more as a part of an overall health and wellbeing public service,’ says Ryan Campbell, who took over as chief executive of KCA in April. KCA provides mental health and troubled families services alongside its drug and alcohol work, and he believes there’s enormous potential for organisations to make more of their skills and capabilities […]

Prolonged ketamine use leads to cognitive impairment, dependency, and conditions like ketamine bladder syndrome. Early education and integrated mental health support are critical to tackling ketamine addiction effectively. Ketamine misuse is on the rise, becoming an alarming trend particularly among younger people. This growing issue doesn’t just affect individuals but resonates across society, bringing significant […]

Photo by Joey Yu on Unsplash On Turning Point’s 60th year providing support for people with drug, alcohol or mental health issues and people with a learning disability, Chief Executive Julie Bass takes a look back at where it all started. This year, Turning Point will celebrate its 60th year providing support for people with […]

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Turning Point’s director of quality and risk and registered mental health nurse, David Foord, talks about Blue Monday, winter blues, mental health tips, support available and impact of COVID. Blue Monday is supposedly the saddest day of the year – is that true?  The concept was originally proposed by […]

[…] sectors of health and social care should be provided with the resources and autonomy to break down arbitrary and harmful divisions, especially those between substance misuse and mental health services. This will reduce stigma and allow passionate frontline workers to focus on people instead of processes. We are at a crucial tipping point. Without a […]

[…] For more information and details of how to apply visitwww.cdf.org.uk/bfora/systems/xmlviewer/ default.asp?arg=DS_CDF_TECHART_23/_page.xsl/27&x sl_argx=3 News | Round-up www.drinkanddrugs.net 22 September 2008 | drinkanddrugsnews| 5 Cornish commitment Nurses from specialist mental health, substance misuse and learning disabilities provider the Cornwall Par tnership Trust gathered to launch the trust’s nursing strategy Moving forward, improving livesin Truro earlier this month. […]

[…] make lifestyle changes either. However, now summer is underway it’s an ideal time to encourage your clients to make small lifestyle changes to support their physical and mental health and aid their recovery. This summer promises to be a long hot one, so encourage your clients to get out in the sunshine for at least […]

[…] know what factors could really make a difference in helping people with complex needs. How could challenges be addressed around giving access to housing, employment opportunities and mental health services, alongside substance misuse support? ‘There are a lot of complex needs out there and not enough integrated services to address them,’ says Lord Victor Adebowale, […]

[…] a confidential and understanding manner, in line with NHS guidance and good practice. John Wilkins, Director of CAMHS, Specialist Services and Modernisation, East London and The City Mental Health NHS Trust Let’s drop this two-year rule nonsense and move on An average stay at Phoenix in the 1970s, including re-entry was about 12 months, and […]

[…] emotional health, physical health, sexual health, and relationships.   This resource has been developed collaboratively with colleagues from across Turning Point, bringing together expertise in the areas of drugs, alcohol, mental health, sexual health, healthy lifestyles and learning disability to develop a tool which can be used across our services.    Health and wellbeing mean different things to different people. For instance, we might consider it […]

[…] with 10 years’ experience, working for With You in Kent and Surrey’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service. Our service offers free therapeutic support for common mental health difficulties to adults in Kent and Surrey. As someone who identifies as male, and comes from a cultural background with a Muslim majority demographic, I represent […]

[…] a confidential and understanding manner, in line with NHS guidance and good practice. John Wilkins, Director of CAMHS, Specialist Services and Modernisation, East London and The City Mental Health NHS Trust Let’s drop this two-year rule nonsense and move on An average stay at Phoenix in the 1970s, including re-entry was about 12 months, and […]

[…] inequalities fostered by service design are compounded when women have multiple health and social care related needs. For example, it is widely acknowledged that access to statutory mental health services is severely curtailed if an individual is experiencing drug or alcohol dependency. Likewise, people with mental health conditions can struggle to jump through the hoops […]

[…] We are now looking at developing our approach in other drug services and we are also considering the implications of what we have learned for people with mental health problems and for other socially disadvantaged people who may be at risk of exploitation or unplanned pregnancy with a high risk of repeat removals of children […]

An Australian drug prevention scheme with a focus on young people’s broader mental health and attitudes is to be piloted in 20 UK schools. The Illicit Project, which is led by Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) and funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), will pilot in 20 schools across Merseyside, […]

[…] support for alcohol issues and suicidal ideation, develops on a recurring theme from our previous work – that there are still many barriers stopping people from accessing mental health and alcohol services. We previously researched the link between suicide and alcohol in our 2022 project, Insights from experience: alcohol and suicide. There is extensive evidence […]

[…] a substance use disorder.’ The same experiment carried out among members of the public had even more pronounced differences in results, he pointed out.  NHS England’s national mental health director, Claire Murdoch One definition of stigma was ‘an indelible stain or mark’, NHS England’s national mental health director, Claire Murdoch, told the conference. ‘What a […]