Comorbidity Guidelines

Overview

The purpose of this grant opportunity is to continue the work on the Comorbidity Guidelines which have been developed to provide Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) workers with evidence-based information to manage co-occurring AOD and mental health conditions, ensuring equitable access to comprehensive care for individuals with complex needs, and preventing further complications. The objectives of the grant opportunity are to: • maintain, host, and evaluate the Comorbidity Guidelines website and online training program conduct and evaluate webinars, promoting them at workforce events facilitate and evaluate "Train the Trainer" and skills-based training workshops maintain and host the Community of Practice platform with additional moderation, content generation, and expert panel consultations promote the National Practice Standards PDF and Implementation Toolkit at workforce events coordinate overall project activities and cover infrastructure and indirect research costs. The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are: increased knowledge, skills, and awareness of comorbid mental health conditions among the alcohol and other drug workforce and health sector more broadly improved confidence and skills of alcohol and other drug workers to manage comorbid mental health conditions and deliver effective treatments increased uptake of evidence-based care improved outcomes for people with comorbid alcohol and other drug and mental health issues. To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side.