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22nd April 2010: In May 2008, the Department of Health and Ageing commissioned the Australian Institute for Primary Care to undertake an evaluation of service delivery models for comorbidity treatment in the alcohol and other drugs and mental health service sectors. The aim was to identify good practice and to increase the understanding of the impact of service structure on comorbidity treatment outcomes, and thereby facilitate improved treatment outcomes for people with comorbidity. The project comprised:
- a literature review to determine the evidence base for different comorbidity treatment service delivery models
- development of a treatment service model evaluation tool (survey) to gather information on the impact of service delivery models on treatment outcomes and
- evaluation of 17 comorbidity treatment service models, using the evaluation tool, with a focus on the service structure and diagnostic and treatment methods (noting that the research did not aim to measure the client outcomes achieved by individual treatment services). DoHA has now posted on their website the Comorbidity treatment service model evaluation: final report August 2009 – download here 
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16th April 2010: New Zealand' s new Coexisting Disorders Clinical and Service Delivery Guidelines are now available for download from the NZ Ministry of Health Website. Te Ariari o te Oranga: The Assessment and Management of People with Co-existing Mental Health and Substance Use Problems 2010 has been written by Dr Fraser Todd from the National Addiction Centre. Download here 
Service Delivery for People with Co-existing Mental Health and Addiction Problems - Integrated Solutions is a Ministry of Health authored document to assist mental health and addiction services to develop and enhance their co-existing problems capability. Download here 
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4th Feb 2010: Updated Commonwealth Guidelines for the Treatment of Alcohol Problems were launched yesterday. The updated guidelines contain a section on co-occurring mental and alcohol-use disorders (pp 147-153) and an appendice (8/ p 214) Treatment guidelines for mental disorders . The updated Alcohol Treatment Guidelines are downloadable from DoHAs Alcohol site 
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12th Jan 2010: The University of Sydney and NSW Health have recently collaborated to develop a series of 13 downloadable drug and alcohol PowerPoint lectures covering ten core drug and alcohol topics. The series has been developed by leading experts and is directed towards GPs, students, nurses, and other healthcare workers. Contributors to the comorbidity lecture included: Associate Professor Kate Conigrave, Dr Glenys Dore, Dr Joanne Ferguson, Professor Paul Haber, Dr Kezia Lange and Professor Maree Teesson
You can download the comorbidity lecture or the whole series here 
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