Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation (AER)
25th April 2004

In order to strengthen the level and quality of care for people with co-morbidity in the primary care setting, recent reviews suggest a number of steps need to be taken.  These include more systematic and integrated shared care programs, skills development for GPs in the area of addictions and mental health, clinical support for GPs and practice staff to respond to complex comorbid presentations, and appropriate consumer education resources for use in the GP consultation and/or surgery. 

The Project's primary objectives are to:
* improve the knowledge, skills and capacity of the general practice sector in the prevention and management  of high prevalence alcohol and mental health comorbidity
*  build a critical mass of GPs and practice staff competent in the prevention, management and referral of alcohol and mental health comorbidity

Project Partners

The Project is a government-community-general practice collaboration involving the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation (AER), the Mental Health Council of Australia, the Australian Government Departments of Health and Ageing and Veterans Affairs, and ADGP.  The Primary Mental Health Australian Resource Centre based at the Department of General Practice, Flinders University will manage the evaluation.     

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