Section: Module 5: Lesson 1: Mental Health Comorbidities | Substance Use Disorders in Primary Care | NextGenU.org
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Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:- Distinguish the link between various mental health conditions and substance use disorders.
- Recognize evidence of SEVERE self-injury such as signs of poisoning or intoxication or signs/symptoms requiring urgent medical treatment such as bleeding from a self-inflicted wound, loss of consciousness, or extreme lethargy.
- Explain how to maintain regular contact and follow-up with patients as needed.
- Explain how to identify and manage depression in all who have a tobacco, alcohol, or other substance use disorder.
- Explain how and when to ask patients for self-harm or suicidal thoughts and how to offer psychosocial support.
- Discuss how to offer psychosocial support to patients with self-harm and suicidal thoughts.
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Read the entire article (30 minutes)
National Library of Medicine - 2020
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Read the sections on: "What are co-occurring disorders or health conditions?", "How many people have both a substance use disorder and another mental disorder?" "Why do substance use problems often occur along with other mental disorders?" "Can a person have more than one substance use disorder?" "Other health conditions often co-occur with substance use disorders" and "Treatment for co-occurring disorders". (24 minutes)
National Institute on Drug Abuse - 2024
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Read the sections on self-harm and suicide (PDF pgs. 139-147). (13 minutes)
WHO - 2019
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Read the entire article. (10 minutes)
National Center for Biotechnology Information, US National Library of Medicine - 2021
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Read the section on depression (PDF pages 27-31). (18 minutes)
WHO - 2019
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Watch the first three videos, consider the fourth video as complementary. (48 minutes)
The New England Journal of Medicine - 2024
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Read the entire article. (60 minutes)
American Psychological Association - 2022
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Read Section 6 (pgs. 46-50). (14 minutes)
Royal College of Psychiatrists - 2020
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Read the section on "Treatment / Management". (22 minutes)
StatPearls Publishing LLC - 2024
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Recommended Additional Readings
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Read the entire article.
NICE Guideline - 2022
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Read the entire article. (9 minutes)
British Journal of General Practice - 2020
- Distinguish the link between various mental health conditions and substance use disorders.