Mental health and substance misuse

1 Mental health and substance misuse On behalf of the Recovery Partnership 2 substance misuse substance misuse indicates consumption of psychoactive and intoxicant substances, legal and illegal, at a level which is harmful and/or problematic. This is used in preference to dependence or dependent, which would exclude problematic use where no physical or psychological dependence has occurred, and addiction, which many people feel to be stigmatising and pejorative. Where dependence is used, it should be taken to mean precisely that. Coexisting Mental ill health and substance misuse disorder - dual diagnosis The terms multiple needs and comorbidity are used to indicate coexisting conditions of substance use combined with Mental health problems; a co-morbidity that may describe the majority of people in treatment for drug and/or alcohol use and a significant minority of people accessing statutory Mental health services.

Mental Illness Collaborative (COSMIC) study team conducted a ... for those affected by severe and enduring mental health problems within a mental health setting, it also provided more ... amongst people with severe mental health problems and the relationship between the two is complex. Individuals

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