G. Hussein Rassool 
Dual Diagnosis Nursing 

The increasing number of individuals with co-existing substance
misuse and psychiatric disorders presents a key challenge to mental
health and addiction nurses. This practice-based text focuses on
the management and intervention strategies to effectively meet the
needs of this client group in both community and residential
settings.

Dual Diagnosis Nursing is a comprehensive text for
practitioners on contemporary approaches to working with dual
disorder and dual diagnosis patients. It explores both clinical and
theoretical perspectives in a variety of different care and
treatment settings, addressing key issues such as needs of special
populations, multi-dimensional assessment, dealing with
emergencies, prescribing and medication management, nursing and
psychological interventions, spiritual needs, carers’
interventions and professional development.

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Part 1 Background.

Chapter 1: Understanding Dual Diagnosis: an Overview.

Chapter 2: Policy Initiatives in Substance Misuse and Mental
Health: Implications for Practice.

Chapter 3: Understanding Drug Use and Misuse.

Chapter 4: Psychoactive Substances and their Effects.

Chapter 5: Mental Health: an Introduction.

Chapter 6: Alcohol and Dual Diagnosis.

Chapter 7: Eating Disorders and Dual Diagnosis.

Chapter 8: Problem Drug Use and Personality Disorders.

Part 2 Special Populations.

Chapter 9: Black and Ethnic Minority Communities: Substance
Misuse and Mental Health: Whose Problems Anyway?.

Chapter 10: Vulnerable Young People and Substance Misuse.

Chapter 11: Meeting Multiple Needs: Pregnancy, Parenting and
Dual Diagnosis.

Part 3 Context and Approaches.

Chapter 12: Addiction and Mental Health Nursing: a Synthesis of
Role and Care in the Community.

Chapter 13: Shared Care and Inter-professional Practice.

Chapter 14: Primary Care and Dual Diagnosis.

Chapter 15: Dual Diagnosis in Acute In-patient Settings.

Chapter 16: Dual Diagnosis in a Forensic Setting.

Chapter 17: Models of Care and Dual Diagnosis.

Part 4 Interventions and Treatment Strategy.

Chapter 18: Framework for Multidimensional Assessment.

Chapter 19: Dealing with Intoxication, Overdose, Withdrawal and
Detoxification: Nursing Assessment and Interventions.

Chapter 20: Prescribing Authority and Medication Management in
Mental Health and Addiction Nursing.

Chapter 21: Spiritual and Cultural Needs: Integration in Dual
Diagnosis Care.

Chapter 22: Dual Diagnosis: Interventions with Carers.

Chapter 23: Psychological Approaches in the Treatment of Dual
Diagnosis.

Chapter 24: A Person Centred Approach to Understanding and
Helping People with a Dual Diagnosis.

Chapter 25: Motivational Interviewing.

Chapter 26: Relapse Prevention in Dual Diagnosis.

Part 5 Professional Development.

Chapter 27: Educational Development and Clinical
Supervision.

Chapter 28: The Role and Competencies of Staff in the Treatment
of Coexisting Problems of Mental Health and Substance Misuse

Sobre el autor

Hussein Rassool is Professor of Addiction and Mental Health, Department of Psychiatric Nursing and Human Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and author of previous texts on Addiction nursing, Dual diagnosis, and Substance use and abuse.