Articles

Dual Diagnosis for Young Adults: Engagement, Risk Management, and Continuity in Transitional Age Services
Young adults with co-occurring mental health and substance use needs experience high dropout and crisis rates during transitions out of youth services. This article explains how to design dual diagnosis models for transitional age populations that sustain engagement, manage risk, and deliver measurable continuity outcomes. Read more...
Dual Diagnosis in Hospital Discharge and Care Transitions: Preventing Rapid Relapse and Readmission
People with co-occurring mental health and substance use needs are disproportionately affected by failed hospital discharges, medication gaps, and weak follow-up. This article explains how to design discharge and transition workflows for dual diagnosis populations that hold risk, maintain engagement, and measurably reduce readmissions and crisis use. Read more...
Dual Diagnosis and Homelessness: Integrated Street-to-Stabilisation Pathways That Hold
Co-occurring mental health and substance use needs are common among people experiencing homelessness, but standard clinic-based models often fail due to access barriers, unsafe environments, and fragile follow-up. This article explains how to run an integrated dual diagnosis pathway for unhoused populations with place-based continuity, medication feasibility planning, and measurable stabilisation outcomes. Read more...
Dual Diagnosis for People Involved With the Justice System: Continuity Models That Reduce Crisis and Recidivism
Co-occurring mental health and substance use needs are highly prevalent among people on probation/parole or cycling through jails, yet care often breaks at release and supervision transition points. This article explains how to run a dual diagnosis continuity model for justice-involved populations with shared workflows, risk governance, and measurable outcomes funders can defend. Read more...
Medication Safety and Prescribing Governance in Dual Diagnosis Populations
Medication risk rises sharply when mental health symptoms, substance use, and unstable social conditions overlap—especially across transitions like detox, ED, and inpatient discharge. This article explains how to run prescribing governance for dual diagnosis: reconciliation, monitoring, communication, and follow-up workflows that reduce harm and improve continuity. Read more...
Workforce and Competency Design for Dual Diagnosis Teams: Training, Supervision, and Safe Practice
Dual diagnosis care breaks when staff are trained in parallel silos, supervision is inconsistent, and safety governance is unclear. This article explains how to design a dual diagnosis workforce model—competencies, staffing patterns, supervision routes, and audit-ready assurance—so integrated practice is consistent across shifts and settings. Read more...
Dual Diagnosis in Crisis and ED Settings: Safe Assessment, Stabilisation, and Handoffs
Co-occurring mental health and substance use needs frequently present through crisis lines, EMS, and emergency departments, where misclassification and fragmented handoffs drive repeat emergencies. This article explains how to run a dual diagnosis crisis-to-continuity pathway with practical assessment workflows, safety governance, and closed-loop follow-up. Read more...
Integrated Dual Diagnosis Care: Operating Models That Stop “Wrong Door” Referrals
Co-occurring mental health and substance use needs are often managed through fragmented pathways, leading to repeated assessments, missed risk, and crisis-driven care. This article explains how to run an integrated dual diagnosis model with day-to-day workflows, governance expectations, and measurable continuity controls that commissioners can fund and providers can evidence. Read more...