title: Mental health. Double troubles.
abstract: Patients with a dual diagnosis are extremely challenging to work with. Several agencies are often involved, and patients may fall through gaps in service. Local improvement teams have been slow to implement guidance produced in 2002 and there is a shortage of specialist psychiatrists, but evidence of good practice is emerging.
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Eaton
mesh_terms: D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D013222:State Medicine; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D006113:United Kingdom