Topic One - comorbidity, anxiety and depression
1. When you go to the What is Comorbidity page...
Understand the mechanisms of comorbidity
Understand the difference between mental illnesses and mental health disorders
2. When you go to the Comorbidity – dealing with anxiety and addiction page...
Familiarise yourself with the different manifestations of anxiety.
Consider the difference between anxiety that is induced by specific drugs and withdrawal symptoms. Read the Substance Induced Anxiety box. Consider the important implications of distinguishing these.
Read the This is What To Do About It section and watch the two videos.
3. When you go to the Comorbidity – dealing with depression and addiction page...
Familiarise yourself with recognising the severity of depression.
Consider the difference between depressed feelings that are induced by specific drugs, their after-effects and withdrawal symptoms and the important implications of distinguishing these.
Read the This is What To Do About It section..
4. Write down your thoughts on…
Your confidence to recognise these common mental health problems. Your use of clinical rating scales and when to refer people to more experienced or specialist practitioners.
