Dr. Liam Mac Gabhann:

I want to clarify something with regard to clinical trials. Clinical trial is a route that can be taken but it is not relevant for dual diagnosis for many reasons. Until 2022 there was no published clinical trials on dual diagnosis. This is not because people did not want to do it. It is because clinical trials are challenging as a research methodology when speaking about complex systemic issues. A clinical trial is not the approach that we would take on dual diagnosis. It is an approach to research one condition or one intervention. This is where clinical trials are done.

It is not that we have not done it. It is that it is not an approach that works for dual diagnosis. That is mimicked internationally as well.