Learning Outcomes

In this free course, you will learn how to:

• Discuss factors that may draw individuals into a drug-using culture
• Explain some common causes of mental illness 
• Identify types of drug use and the various factors affecting it
• Summarise the role of the 12-step programme in dual diagnosis
• State the aim of psychological intervention in dual diagnosis programmes
• Describe the relapse prevention process in patients with substance misuse
• Recall the penalties for various drug offences
• Summarise the purposes of detoxification
• Lay out the stages of the treatment of dual diagnosis