Improving services for the care of those with substance use and mental health issues 

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The 'Can Do' Initiative: Managing Mental Health and Substance Use in General Practice is a national initiative, funded through the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing as part of the National Comorbidity Initiative

The ‘Can Do’ initiative was designed as a model of primary health care that encouraged multidisciplinary approaches to improve the care of people with substance use and metal health issues. The initiative aimed, in particular, to enhance the ability of general practitioners, practice nurses, allied health professionals (e.g. Mental health workers, alcohol and other drugs workers and community pharmacists) and community services to work together to provide appropriate and coordinated pathways of care.

The co-morbidity project aims to bring together community service providers working with clients with co-morbidity issues (Mental Health and  Alcohol and Other Drugs).  This is to enable development of a collaborative approach to a treatment model linking the primary health sector with the community services sector.

The Riverina Division of General Practice and Primary Health was successful in securing funding for one of the three categories and this to ensure: maintenance of multidisciplinary networks at a local level.

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