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Co-existing problems (CEP) has been adopted as a term by addiction and mental health providers in NZ to describe the presence of both substance use and mental health problems in the same person at the same time. CEP has also come to refer generally to the co-occurrence of a range of complex issues including physical health problems, cognitive problems and social problems.
Matua Raki has been working with the Ministry of Health, Te Pou and the Werry Centre to support and enhance the capability of addiction and mental health services and practitioners to respond to people with CEP.
Te Ariari o te Oranga: The Assessment and Management of People with Co-existing Mental Health and Substance Use Problems 2010 which was written by Dr.Fraser Todd and was released in April 2010 by the Ministry of Health. It informed the development of initial CEP training for addiction and mental health practitioners.
Training in Formulation, a process for describing a person with CEP, has been offered throughout NZ to mental health and addiction practitioners from both the NGO and DHB sectors since November 2010. These workshops will continue to be offered throughout 2011-12 Matua Raki will also continue to develop and support new resources and training designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of addiction and mental health practitioners and existing CEP capable practitioners.
Alongside training and skill enhancement for individual practitioners Matua Raki will support the development of processes and tools to review and audit the adoption and implementation of CEP responsiveness and capability at a service or system level and at a individual practitioner level. |
