This conference focuses on improving the management and outcomes of people with co-occurring mental health and substance misuse conditions. The conference will provide a valuable insights, knowledge and a deeper understanding how services can be improved, and people can be supported towards improved recovery outcomes. The conference will cover learning from lived experiences and organisations that have improved services, challenging stigmatisation, early intervention and prevention, adherence to the NICE Quality Standard for Co-occuring severe mental health and substance misuse, effective assessment, assertive outreach and there will be specific case studies on supporting older people and people who are homeless.
The conference will also focus on implementing the recent NICE Update to Quality Standard Alcohol-use disorders: Diagnosis and Management which was published in July 2023.
“It is very common for people to experience problems with their mental health and alcohol/drug use (co-occurring conditions) at the same time. Research shows that mental health problems are experienced by the majority of drug (70%) and alcohol (86%) of alcohol users in community substance misuse treatment. Death by suicide is also common, with a history of alcohol or drug use being recorded in 54% of all suicides in people experiencing mental health problems.”
“People who have severe mental illness and substance misuse have significantly poorer outcomes than people who have either severe mental illness or substance misuse alone.”
This conference will enable you to:
- Network with colleagues who are working to improve services, practice and treatment for people who are experiencing co-occurring mental health substance misuse conditions
- Reflect on the lived experience of people experiencing coexisting severe mental illness and substance misuse
- Ensure Adherence to the NICE Quality Standard for coexisting severe mental illness and substance misuse
- Update your knowledge on the July 2023 updated NICE Quality Standard on Alcohol-use disorders
- Understand how you can engage and support people to improve outcomes and avert crisis, and reduce the risk of exclusion or drop out from services
- Identify key strategies for ensuring early intervention
- Develop your skills in assessment
- Improve inpatient provision in assessment and management of people presenting with coexisting mental health illness and substance misuse
- Understand how services can be improved for older people including treatment evidence and age specific programmes
- Engage people to reduce missed appointments and ensure effective follow up if this does occur
- Improve your skills and competence as a champion for substance misuse and mental health
- Learn from current best practice case studies focusing on homeless people, and older people
- Understand how to effectively develop and support peer support networks
- Self assess and reflect on your own practice
- Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5 Hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes
