Building the Path to Home

Understanding the Person

This section helps you connect with the person you are working with and to start to figure out whether he or she has a dual diagnosis.

Introduction

Even when you know someone well, it can be hard to tell whether specific behaviours are indications of a mental health problem or a developmental disability. This is even more difficult when you have only known the person for a short time, or when you don't see him or her very often.

This section starts with tips to help you develop a relationship with the person. Then we give you two lists of questions:

The first is a set of questions to help you explore whether the person might have a developmental disability. 

The second is a set of questions to help you explore whether the person might have a mental health problem.

This section ends by discussing substance use problems and how they can affect a person's ability to get and keep housing.

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