National Comorbidity Initiative

The Initiative aims to improve service co-ordination and treatment outcomes for people with coexisting mental health and substance use disorders and focuses on the following priority areas.

• raising awareness of comorbidity among clinicians/health workers and promoting examples of good practice resources/models;
• providing support to general practitioners (GPs) and other health workers to improve treatment outcomes;
• facilitating and improving access to resources and information for consumers; and
• improving data systems and collection methods within the mental health and alcohol and other drugs sectors to manage comorbidity more effectively.