Care professionals’ accounts of providing support and treatment for people with co-occurring alcohol use disorder and depression in the North East of England, UK: A qualitative study informed by complexity theory

The pressure of working with increasingly scarce resources, within a highly fragmented, shifting, and risk-averse care infrastructure, adversely affected professionals' capacity to provide consistent, patient-centered support. Innovations have emerged that address some of these barriers, but further investment is needed to better support the substance use and mental health workforce, including lived experience peer workers.