Mental Health: Dual diagnosis - mental illness and substance use

Resources and publications by NEXUS staff:

Websites:

• https://reasonsforusepackage.com/  Kroes S, & Myers K. (2018).  
• http://www.straightup.org.au/  The Straight Up documentaries explore the lived experience of people in recovery from mental health and substance issues and their carers.
• https://www.svhm.org.au/our-services/departments-and-services/n/nexus/resources Dual diagnosis resources by the NEXUS Team

Publications:

• Yarra drug and health forum: A community approach to reducing harm associated with homelessness, mental illness and alcohol and drug use. Wearne P, Bryce J, Lim H, Mitchell S, Myers K, Wallis N, Willson A, & Burchell B. Parity, 2020, 33(4).
• Dual diagnosis assessment: A case study implementing the reasons for use package to engage a marginalised service user. Kroes S, Myers K, Officer S, O’Connor S, & Petrakis M. Cogent Medicine, 2019, 6(1), 1630097. 
• Dual diagnosis competencies: A systematic review of staff training literature. Petrakis M, Robinson R, Myers K, Kroes S, & O'Connor S. Addictive Behaviors Reports, 2018, 7, 53-57.
• Before during after: a new harm reduction tool. Morrison B, Kroes S, Owens C, Fairclough J, Myers K, & Petrakis M. (2017). Book of Proceedings from the TheMHS Conference 2017: Embracing Change: Through Innovation and Lived Experience, Sydney, Australia.

Video from https://reasonsforusepackage.com/

Publications by other SVHM staff - just a snippet!

• Psychosocial Factors Affecting Smoking Cessation Among People Living With Schizophrenia: A Lived Experience Lens. Cocks N, Brophy L, Segan C, Stratford A, Jones S, & Castle D. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2019, 10(565).
• A group intervention which assists patients with dual diagnosis reduce their drug use: a randomized controlled trial. James W, Preston NJ, Koh G, Spencer C, Kisely SR, & Castle DJ. Psychological Medicine, 2004, 34(6), 983-990.
• *Motivations that maintain substance use among individuals with psychotic disorders. Spencer C, Castle D, & Michie PT. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2002, 28(2), 233-247. 

• *Disconnect between psychiatric and addiction services: A review of patients' attendances at alcohol tobacco and other drug services after a psychiatric admission. Mohiuddin, SM, Mcdermott, B, & Dillon, J. Australasian Psychiatry, 2021,  29(1), 10-13. 
• *Mental health nurses' attitudes towards consumers with co-existing mental health and drug and alcohol problems: A scoping review. Anandan, R, Cross, W, & Olasoji, M. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2021,  42(4), 346-357. 
• Experiences of Professional Helping Relations by Persons with Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders. Brekke E, Lien L, & Biong S. International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction, 2018, 16(1), 53-65.
• *A sanctuary of safety: A study of how patients with dual diagnosis experience caring conversations. Priebe A, Wiklund Gustin L, & Fredriksson L. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2018, 27(2), 856-865.
• *Substance use and borderline personality disorder: Fostering hope in the face of complexity. Donald F, Arunogiri S, & Lubman DI. Australasian Psychiatry, 2019, 27(6), 569-572.
• Treatment outcomes of a combined cognitive behavior therapy and pharmacotherapy for a sample of women with and without substance abuse histories on an acute psychiatric unit: Do therapeutic alliance and motivation matter? Clarke N, Mun E-Y, Kelly S et al. The American Journal on Addictions, 2013, 22(6):566-573 

Coordination of services

• Coordination of services for dual diagnosis clients in the interface between specialist and community care. Bjorkquist C, & Hansen GV. Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare, 2018, 11, 233-243.

Recovery oriented practice

• Dilemmas in recovery-oriented practice to support people with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders: a qualitative study of staff experiences in Norway. Brekke E, Lien L, Nysveen K, et al. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2018, 12, 30.

Inpatient services

• *Standardized drug and alcohol questions at admission to an acute adult mental health unit: clarifying the burden of dual diagnoses across a five-year period. Reilly J, McDermott B, & Dillon J. Australasian Psychiatry, 2019, 27(3), 270-274.
• *Care planning and nonpharmacological interventions in a metropolitan inpatient dual diagnosis service: A retrospective exploratory study. MacLeay E, Fry M, Roche MA, et al. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2020, 03, 03.
• Factors Associated with Unplanned Early Discharges from a Dual Diagnosis Inpatient Detoxification Unit in Israel. Sofer MM, Kaptsan A, & Anson J. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 2018, 14(3), 137-147.
• *Dual diagnosis and mechanical restraint - a register based study of 31,793 patients and 6562 episodes of mechanical restraint in the Capital region of Denmark from 2010-2014. Martensson S, Johansen KS, & Hjorthoj C. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, 73(3), 169-177.

Compulsory treatment

• Clinical effects and treatment outcomes of long-term compulsory in-patient treatment of treatment-resistant patients with severe mental illness and substance-use disorder. van Kranenburg GD, van den Brink RHS, Mulder WG, et al. BMC Psychiatry, 2019, 19(1), 270.
• The impact of substance use on treatment as a compulsory patient. Vine R, Tibble H, Pirkis J, et al. Australasian Psychiatry, 2019, 27(4), 378-382.

Client experience of services

• Dual diagnosis clients' treatment satisfaction - a systematic review. Schulte SJ, Meier PS, & Stirling J. BMC Psychiatry, 2011, 11, 64.
• *Validation of a Comprehensive Patient Experience Survey for Addiction and Mental Health that was Co-designed with Service Users. Currie SR, Liu P, Adamyk-Simpson J, et al. Community Mental Health Journal, 2020, 56(4), 735-743.

Guidelines

• Scope, quality and inclusivity of international clinical guidelines on mental health and substance abuse in relation to dual diagnosis, social and community outcomes: A systematic review. Alsuhaibani, R, Smith, DC, Lowrie, R, et al. BMC Psychiatry, 2021,  21(1), 209. 

• Dual diagnosis of mental illness and substance use disorder and injury in adults recently released from prison: a prospective cohort study. Young JT, Heffernan E, Borschmann R, et al. The lancet. Public Health, 2018, 3(5), e237-e248.
• Criminal Recidivism in Inmates with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders. Zgoba KM, Reeves R, Tamburello A, et al. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry & the Law, 2020, 12, 12.
• *Sharing power in criminal justice: The potential of co-production for offenders experiencing mental health and addictions in New Zealand. Thom K, & Burnside D. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2018, 27(4), 1258-1265.
• ​*The effectiveness of a mental health court in reducing recidivism in individuals with severe mental illness and comorbid substance use disorder. Gallagher AE, Anestis JC, Gottfried ED, et al. Psychological Injury and Law, 2018, 11(2), 184-197.

• Associations of common mental disorder with alcohol use in the adult general population: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Puddephatt, JA, Irizar, P, Jones, A, et al. Addiction, 2021,  02, 02. 
• *Comorbidity between mood and substance-related disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Saha, S, Lim, CC, Degenhardt, L, et al. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2021, 48674211054740. 
• *Impairments in executive functioning in patients with comorbid substance use and personality disorders: A systematic review. Moraleda-Barreno, E, Caceres Pachon, MDP, Lozano, OM, et al. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 2021,  17(1), 64-79. 
• *A narrative literature review of the epidemiology, etiology, and treatment of co-occurring panic disorder and opioid use disorder. Clark, AE, Goodwin, SR, Marks, RM, et al. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 2021,  17(4), 313-332. 
• *Personality traits in individuals with the dual diagnosis of psychosis and substance use disorders: A comprehensive review and meta-analysis. Oh, H, Jang, SK, Lee, HS, et al. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 2021,  17(1), 34-51. 
• *Cross-national patterns of substance use disorder treatment and associations with mental disorder comorbidity in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. Harris MG, Bharat C, Glantz MD, et al. Addiction, 2019, 114(8), 1446-1459.
• *Association between alcohol and substance use disorders and psychiatric service use in patients with severe mental illness: a nationwide Danish register-based cohort study. Jorgensen KB, Nordentoft M, & Hjorthoj C. Psychological Medicine, 2018, 48(15), 2592-2600.
• *Schizophrenia is associated with increased risk of subsequent substance abuse diagnosis: A nation-wide population-based register study. Petersen SM, Toftdahl NG, Nordentoft M, et al. Addiction, 2019, 114(12), 2217-2226.
• *Comorbidity of Physical Disorders Among Patients With Severe Mental Illness With and Without Substance Use Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Onyeka In MMBAP, Collier Hoegh M M, Naheim Eien Em CM, et al. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 2019, 15(3), 192-206.
• *Patient Characteristics Predicting Abstinence in Substance Use Disorder Patients With Comorbid Mental Disorders. van Hagen LJ, de Waal MM, Christ C, et al. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 2019, 15(4), 312-323.
• Neuroimaging Studies in Patients With Mental Disorder and Co-occurring Substance Use Disorder: Summary of Findings. Stoychev KR. Frontiers in psychiatry Frontiers Research Foundation, 2019, 10, 702.

Alcoholics Anonymous

• *AA attendance and abstinence for dually diagnosed patients: a meta-analytic review. Tonigan JS, Pearson MR, Magill M, et al. Addiction, 2018, 113(11), 1970-1981

Brief interventions

• The effect of brief interventions for alcohol among people with comorbid mental health conditions: A systematic review of randomized trials and narrative synthesis. Boniface S, Malet-Lambert I, Coleman R et al. Alcohol & Alcoholism, 2018, 53(3):282-293 

DBT and Mentalization

• Does an adapted Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills training programme result in positive outcomes for participants with a dual diagnosis? A mixed methods study. Flynn D, Joyce M, Spillane A, et al. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2019, 14(1), 28.
• Early therapeutic process related to dropout in mentalization-based treatment with dual diagnosis patients. Philips B, Karlsson R, Nygren R, et al. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 2018, 35(2), 205-216.

Health promotion

• *Health Beliefs and Experiences of a Health Promotion Intervention Among Psychiatric Patients With Substance Use: An Interview Study. Juel A, Hjorth P, Munk-Jorgensen P, et al. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 2018, 32(3), 462-468.

Motivational interventions

• Special issue of Mental Heath Update on motivational interventions  - https://library.svhm.org.au/mentalhealth/mhu-motivational-interventions

Motivational interviewing

• *Motivational interviewing and dual diagnosis clients: Enhancing self-efficacy and treatment completion. Moore M, Flamez B, & Szirony G. Journal of Substance Use, 2018, 23(3), 247-253.
• The effects of motivational interviewing on patients with comorbid substance use admitted to a psychiatric emergency unit - a randomised controlled trial with two year follow-up. Bagoien G, Bjorngaard J, Ostensen C et al. BMC Psychiatry, 2013, 13(1):93 

Video from https://motivationalinterviewing.org/

Preventive interventions

• *Preventive interventions targeting cannabis use and related harms in people with psychosis: A systematic review. Coronado-Montoya, S, Morissette, F, Abdel-Baki, A, et al. Early intervention in psychiatry, 2021,  15(6), 1439-1453. 

Psychoeducation

• *Clinical outcomes from a 10-week follow-up psychoeducational program for dual diagnosis. Chilton J, Crone D, & Tyson P. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 2018, 14(2), 102-110.
• *'The group was the only therapy which supported my needs, because it helped me feel normal and I was able to speak out with a voice': A qualitative study of an integrated group treatment for dual diagnosis service users within a community mental health setting. Chilton J, Crone DM, & Tyson PJ. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2019, 29, 29.

Psychotherapy

• From feelings of imprisonment to group cohesion: A qualitative analysis of group analytic psychotherapy with dual diagnosed patients admitted to an acute inpatient psychiatric unit. Sanchez Morales L, Eiroa-Orosa FJ, Valls Llagostera C, et al. Psychotherapy Research, 2018, 28(3), 433-445.
• Self-wise, Other-wise, Streetwise (SOS) training, an intervention to prevent victimization in dual-diagnosis patients: results from a randomized clinical trial. de Waal MM, Dekker JJM, Kikkert MJ, et al. Addiction, 2019, 114(4), 730-740.

Suicide prevention 

• Mental health care providers' suggestions for suicide prevention among people with substance use disorders in South Africa: a qualitative study. Goldstone D, Bantjes J, & Dannatt L. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, & Policy, 2018, 13(1), 47.

• *Mental health care providers talk about their experiences preventing suicide in people with substance use disorders in South Africa: implications for clinical practice. Goldstone D, & Bantjes J. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, 2019, 23(1), 40-48.

Youth

• Scoping review of stepped care interventions for mental health and substance use service delivery to youth and young adults. Berger, M, Fernando, S, Churchill, A, et al. Early intervention in psychiatry, 2021,  21, 21. 

Staff training provider

• NEXUS Dual Diagnosis Consultation Service -  contact +61 3 9231 2083 or nexus@svha.org.au 

Publications

• Dual diagnosis competencies: A systematic review of staff training literature. Petrakis M, Robinson R, Myers K, et al. Addictive Behaviors Reports, 2018, 7, 53-57.
• *Improving the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Mental Health Professionals Regarding Dual Diagnosis Treatment - a Mixed Methods Study of an Intervention. Pinderup P. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2018, 39(4), 292-303.
• *Translating Evidence-Based Practice for Managing Comorbid Substance Use and Mental Illness Using a Multimodal Training Package. Louie E, Giannopoulos V, Baillie A, et al. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 2018, 14(2), 111-119.
• *Brief Training on Medication-Assisted Treatment Improves Community Mental Health Clinicians' Confidence and Readiness to Address Substance Use Disorders. Iheanacho T, Bommersbach T, Fuehrlein B, et al. Community Mental Health Journal, 2020, 15, 15.

Carers Can Ask - a resource for carers created by NEXUS Dual Diagnosis service

*Caregiving for relatives with psychiatric disorders vs. co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders. Labrum T. Psychiatric Quarterly, 2018, 89(3), 631-644.

*Recovery, peer support and confrontation in services for people with mental illness and/or substance use disorder. Corrigan PW, Larson JE, Smelson D, et al. British Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, 214(3), 130-132.

• *The Experiences of Older Adults with Dual Diagnosis in an Inner Melbourne Community Mental Health Service. Searby A, Maude P, & McGrath I. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2018, 39(5), 420-426.
• Dual diagnosis in older adults: a review. Searby A, Maude P, & McGrath I. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2015, 36(2), 104-111.

• *Living With Dual Diagnosis and Homelessness: Marginalized Within a Marginalized Group. Schutz C, Choi F, Jae Song M, et al. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 2019, 15(2), 88-94.
• *Effects of comorbid substance use disorders on outcomes in a Housing First intervention for homeless people with mental illness. Urbanoski K, Veldhuizen S, Krausz M, et al. Addiction, 2018, 113(1), 137-145.

Unraveling recovery: a qualitative study rooted in the lived experiences of persons with complex mental health needs. De Ruysscher C. Ghent University, 2019. Note this thesis includes an open access version of:

• *The Concept of Recovery as Experienced by Persons with Dual Diagnosis: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Research From a First-Person Perspective. De Ruysscher C, Vandevelde S, Vanderplasschen W, et al. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 2017, 13(4), 264-279.
• *'A place to be (me)': A qualitative study on an alternative approach to treatment for persons with dual diagnosis. De Ruysscher C, Vanheule S, & Vandevelde S. Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2019, 26(1), 50-59.
• *Reflections on a service user perspective in supporting persons with dual diagnosis: The case of Villa Voortman. Vandevelde S, Vander Laenen F, Ruysscher C, et al. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2018, 16(5), 1189-1192.