Are you ready to make a meaningful impact in forensic healthcare? Our specialised training course is designed to equip professionals with the essential knowledge and practical skills to understand, prevent, and respond to substance use within forensic patient populations.

🔍 What You’ll Learn:

Gain a solid foundation in substance use—definitions, prevalence, and risk factors.
Explore the wide-ranging effects of substance use: physiological, psychological, social, and economic.
Discover effective prevention, assessment, and intervention strategies, including harm reduction and evidence-based treatments.
Build confidence in communication, crisis intervention, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

👥 Who Should Attend? This course is ideal for:

Healthcare professionals: doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, social workers, therapists
Third sector organisations working in forensic or mental health settings

📘 No Experience? No Problem! While a basic understanding of public health, therapeutic approaches, or social work is helpful, it’s not required. All you need is a willingness to engage in case study discussions and a passion for learning.

Spaces are limited, so sign-up now!

Trainers

Dr Hamish Fulford (Consultant Nurse) & Alison Eadie (Health Psychologist)

Working with Substance Use in Forensic Mental Health