Comorbidity Project
The Comorbidity Project supports alcohol and other drug non government agencies to develop their capacity to better serve consumers experiencing comorbid substance use and mental health issues. Here you will find more information about our Comorbidity projects.
Improved Services Initiative / National Comorbidity Capacity Building Project
Under the National Action Plan on Mental Health (2006-2011)the Commonwealth has implemented measures to improve services for people with a mental illness, their families and carers. One initiative under this plan is Improved Services for People with Drug and Alcohol Problems and Mental Illness (Improved Services Initiative).
There are two components to this Improved Services Initiative funded by the Department of Health and Ageing.
- The first component is designed as a capacity building grants program. The target group for this funding is alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment services of non-government organisations. In Western Austalia there are 11 Agencies or Consortia who were successful in securing grants. They have five key objectivesto focus on throughout the project.
- The second component is designed to support the capacity building grant recipients by having a state wide approach. The target group for this funding is the AOD non-government peak body or its equivalent. In Western Australia WANADA was successful in securing this funding and the project is known as (CSSSPP)-Cross Sectorial Support and Strategic Partnerships Project. There are also four key focus areas of this project.
Additional resources and infomation will be added to this page regularly.
WANADA has recently released:- Comorbidity Capacity Building Toolkit
- Review of the Impact of the AOD Improved Services Initiative in Western Australia: December 2011
The National ISI Forum (2010) Report provides information about the outcomes of this Department of Health and Ageing funded forum held in Adelaide in October 2010.
The ISI National Newsletter Spring Summer 2011 issue is now available, as well as back issues from Autumn Winter 2011, Summer 2010, Winter 2010.
New Resources for this quarter.
The contact people for this project are:
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Health and Wellbeing
The Health and Wellbeing Project has evolved from the former Consumer Health Project, which looked at the link between alcohol and other drug use and consumer general health. The project recognised the links between general health and wellbeing, mental health and problems related to alcohol and other drug use. For more information about WANADA's work to improve the health and wellbeing of people who have problems related to AOD use, please visit our Health and Wellbeing Project page.
