Training Program Details
Understanding Concurrent Disorders / Understanding Concurrent Disorders
- Audience
- Front Line
- Category
- Service Delivery
- Classification
- Understanding Client Challenges
- Prerequisite
- Description [EN]
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Concurrent disorders are defined as the presence of both mental illness and substance misuse. Individuals living with concurrent disorders require adequate, integrated supports, which are likely to include several different community services. This workshop will give an overview of how concurrent disorders may present and impact people's lives and give participants an opportunity to explore ways to support, based on their different roles in the community. It will include discussion about collaboration between services and agencies in order to build community capacity to address these complex issues.
- Description [FR]
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Concurrent disorders are defined as the presence of both mental illness and substance misuse. Individuals living with concurrent disorders require adequate, integrated supports, which are likely to include several different community services. This workshop will give an overview of how concurrent disorders may present and impact people's lives and give participants an opportunity to explore ways to support, based on their different roles in the community. It will include discussion about collaboration between services and agencies in order to build community capacity to address these complex issues.