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Provides articles from the Butler Center for Research regarding Chemical Dependency. A few of these are as follows: “Treatment Outcomes Among Youth” (August, 2003): Speaks to the effectiveness of treatment in youth. Treatment options consisted of outpatient, short-term inpatient and residential. Biggest predictor associated with positive treatment outcomes among youth is treatment completion. In addition, abstinence from alcohol consumption is predictive of success after treatment. “Youth rarely report alcohol as a drug of choice and may hold the mistaken belief that alcohol is less problematic than other drugs. Yet, recent research suggests the use of alcohol in the year after treatment acts as a “getaway” for relapse on illicit drugs among youth”. “Outcomes of Alcohol/Other Drug Dependency Treatment” (June, 1999): Studies show a strong correlation between high abstinence rates and compliance with aftercare and/or participation in A.A.. Identifies that addiction needs to be treated as a chronic illness. Patient factors that affect outcome include level of dependence, social and economic supports, and psychiatric issues. “Treatment in Criminal Justice System” (March, 2002): Identifies that the “majority of people incarcerated in the U.S. criminal justice system have alcohol or drug problems”. Alcohol use is the major problem. The report stated that 45% of state prisons and 68% of jails have no substance abuse treatment of any kind. It adds that “there is ample evidence to indicate that treatment is effective in addressing offenders’ alcohol and drug problems”. The report also adds that “prison treatment programs that address treatment readiness issues at the beginning of treatment and transitional issues at the end of treatment are more likely to be successful”. National Institute on Drug Abuse Provides a 5 page article titled “Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research Based Guide”. The article summarizes scientifically-based approaches to drug addiction treatment. Topics include Relapse Prevention, The Matrix Model, Supportive-Expressive Psychotherapy, Individualize Drug Counseling, Motivational Enhancement Therapy, Behavioral Therapy for Adolescents, and Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT) for Adolescents. Each approach is designed to address certain aspects of drug addiction and its consequences for the individual, family, and society. The approaches are to be used to supplement or enhance, not replace, existing treatment programs. Baltimore Substance Abuse Systems, Inc. The Executive Summary for a four page report titled “Why Invest In Drug Treatment? What Research on Treatment Effectiveness Tells Us”(1999). Provides a summary regarding the positive impact of drug treatment on drug use. This report was prepared by Danya International, Inc. under a contract with Baltimore Substance Abuse Systems, Inc. Approaches To Drug Abuse Counseling This book is about treatment with a focus on the basic component of most treatment programs, group and individual counseling. The book presents information on various counseling approaches used in some of the best known and most respected treatment programs in the United States. Chapters have been written by representatives of such well-known treatment programs as the Hazelden Foundation, the Betty Ford Center, CENAPS® , Living In Balance , and the Washton Institute. Other chapters were prepared by representatives of nationally known research centers on the treatment of drug abuse. Two of the three treatments in Project Match, the monumental clinical trial sponsored by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, are described in this volume. Finally, chapters prepared by Elizabeth Driscoll Jorgensen and Richard Salwen and by Scott D. Miller illustrate innovative counseling strategies designed for special populations and settings. |
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CWLA Launches New Initiative to Improve Multi-System Service Integration for Nation’s Vulnerable Children, Youth, Families. The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) received a grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to integrate and improve substance abuse services and community supports for children, youth, and families known to the child welfare, juvenile justice, and substance abuse treatment systems. With RWJF's support, CWLA will conduct an 18-month analysis of the nation's most promising evidence-based services and supports that reduce parental substance abuse, child maltreatment, and juvenile delinquency. CWLA will convene summit meetings and publish two white papers with recommendations for getting past the barriers to achieve multi-system, cross-agency collaboration. “Science-Based Prevention Programs and Principles” (2002) This site provides a 258-page report completed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services. The focus of the report is prevention as it relates to adolescents. This article speaks to a day treatment model for adolescent drug abusers. It identifies that treatment goals need to incorporate measurable behavioral improvements in family functioning. It also provides some guidelines related to counselor behavior and style that work well in working with this population along with guidelines regarding client-counselor relationship and target populations. School-Based Drug Prevention: What Kind of Drug Use Does It Prevent? This book is the latest in a series from RAND’s Drug Policy Research Center on the benefits and costs of different approaches to controlling drug consumption. It is the second report in the series on school-based prevention; the first (Caulkins et al., 1999) focused on cocaine and drew on evaluation results from two prevention programs. This report takes advantage of data from additional programs. (The authors are not interested in comparing programs in this report, but in synthesizing results to determine what a typical effective drug prevention program might achieve.) The authors were able to use more-sophisticated analytic methods than were used in the past, and here they expand beyond the focus on cocaine to analyze in equal detail the effects that school-based prevention programs have on the use of other drugs. They continue, however, with their approach of quantifying and valuing prevention’s benefits by extrapolating from short-term reductions in self-reported use during the school years to long-term decreases over an entire life span. SAMHSA website -Model Programs List. This list includes primarily programs that have targeted children through adolescence. To view the reports, highlight ‘Compare Model Programs’, choose ‘printer friendly version’ and there will be a list of programs. There are two programs that focus on families:
Welfare Information Network, Coordinating Welfare and Substance Abuse Services Service coordination and integration can expand the capacity of both welfare and substance abuse agencies. This Issue Note raises issues for policymakers and program staff to consider when coordinating and integrating welfare and substance abuse services to overcome barriers to treatment, employment, and economic independence. The article discusses the following topics.
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CASA – Columbia University’s National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse Search Columbia University’s website for articles on substance abuse. Examples include CASA Report on Substance Abuse in School and CASASTART Drug and Violence Prevention Program Gives at Risk Kids a Second Chance. Welfare Information Network: Substance Abuse Find example of how states and localities are using various approaches to coordinate and integrate their substance abuse treatment, TANF and employment-related services. |
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National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP) Established in 1994, NADCP advocates for the establishment of drug courts across the U.S. and provides training for drug court practitioners. As of October 2001, there were more than 700 adult, juvenile and family drug courts in the U.S. with more than 500 planned. There are also 31 tribal drug courts with over 51 planned in American’s Native American communities. Available at the NADCP site is Research on Drug Courts: A Critical Review 2001 Update by Steven Belenko, Ph.D. National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. This is a critical review of 37 published and unpublished evaluations of drug courts produced between 1999 and April 2001. The conclusions drawn from this research are generally consistent with those of previous reviews published by the author in June of 1998 and December of 1999. Drug courts have achieved considerable local support and have provided intensive, long term treatment services to offenders with long histories of drug use and criminal justice contacts, previous treatment failures, and high rates of health and social problems. Program completion rates are generally consistent with previous findings, with an average of 475 of participants graduating. Drug use and criminal activity are relatively reduced while participants are in the programs. Less clear are the long-term post-program impacts of drug courts on recidivism and other outcomes. In this critical review of drug court research, four of the six studies that examine one-year post-program recidivism found a reduction, but the size of the reduction varied across courts. Drug Court Saving Extend beyond Prison Costs A study by New York State's Lackawanna Drug Court and Erie County Department of Social Services found that participation in the drug court program saved the county $2,102,641 in public assistance, foster care, substance-free births, and child support. |
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This website contains basic information about six (EBP’s) and the National EBP project. The specific practices are: 1. Illness Management and Recovery 2. Family Psychoeducation 3. Medication Management Approaches in Psychiatry 4. Assertive Community Treatment 5. Supported Employment 6. Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment. The user may click on any of the six practices to obtain further information about that practice area. Each section contains material that can be printed or downloaded with Acrobat Reader, as well as references where more information can be obtained. This information is organized by stakeholder groups, but is accessible to everyone. The basic information provided on this website and materials for consumers and families and other supporters are also available in Spanish. Just click on the “espanol” button on the home page to view that part of the website. ASAM (American Society of Addictive Medicine) Ramsey County uses a set of ‘Substance Abuse Program Standards for Co-occurring Mental Health and Chemical Health Disorders’ that comes from ASAM (American Society of Addictive Medicine) - Placement Criteria 2nd Revision. ASAM is an organization that wants to increase access to and improve the quality of addictions treatment; educate physicians, medical and osteopathic students, and the public; and promote research and prevention. |
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