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Alcohol and Drug Treatment: How it Works, And How It Can Help
This brochure informs people involved in the criminal justice system and their families about substance abuse treatment resources in prison and in the community. It describes what can be gained through substance abuse treatment while a person is incarcerated, on probation, or on parole. It encourages people to seek help for substance use disorders and stresses the importance of family support when seeking this assistance.
DASIS: Treatment Admissions with Medicaid as the Primary Expected or Actual Payment Source: 2005
Medicaid-paid admissions were more likely than other admissions to be younger than 18 years (21 vs. 7 percent). Medicaid-paid admissions were more likely than other admissions to be female (52 vs. 30 percent). Medicaid-paid admissions were less likely than other admissions to report alcohol as the primary substance of abuse (28 vs. 42 percent) and more likely to report marijuana (26 vs. 17 percent).
DASIS Report May 10, 2007: Length of Stay for Outpatient Discharges Completing Treatment: 2004
Outpatient treatment completers who reported stimulants as their primary substance of abuse had the longest median length of stay (137 days). The median length of stay among outpatient treatment completers in 2004 was longest among Hispanic discharges (126 days) and shortest among American Indians/Alaska Natives (84 days). Clients referred to treatment through the criminal justice system had a longer median length of stay (107 days) than clients referred through other sources.
NSDUH: Demographic and Geographic Variations in Injection Drug Use
Combined 2002 to 2005 data indicate that males were twice as likely as females to have used needles to inject heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, or other stimulants in the past year (0.24 vs. 0.11 percent). Persons living in the West were twice as likely to have injected stimulants in the past year as persons living in the Midwest and South. Over two fifths of past year heroin users injected heroin in that period compared with less than a tenth of past year users of cocaine, methamphetamine, and other stimulants who injected these drugs.
The NSDUH Report: State Estimates of Depression 2004 and 2005
Combined 2004 and 2005 data indicate that 8.88 percent of youths aged 12 to 17 and 7.65 percent of adults aged 18 or older experienced at least one major depressive episode (MDE) in the past year. Among 12 to 17 year olds, rates of past year MDE were among the highest in Idaho (10.37 percent) and Nevada (10.28 percent) and among the lowest in Louisiana (7.19 percent) and South Dakota (7.40 percent). Rates of past year MDE among adults aged 18 or older were among the highest in Utah (10.14 percent) and Rhode Island (9.88 percent) and among the lowest in Hawaii (6.74 percent) and New Jersey (6.81 percent).
NSDUH: Work Absences and Past Month Cigarette use: 2004 and 2005
Among adults aged 18 to 64 who were currently employed full time, 29.1 percent smoked cigarettes during the past month. Females aged 18 to 64 who were employed full time were more likely to have missed at least 1 day of work in the past month due to illness or injury than their male counterparts. Among adults aged 18 to 64 who were employed full time, past month cigarette smokers were more likely to have missed work on 5 or more days in the past month due to illness or injury than those who did not smoke cigarettes in the past month (4.2 vs. 3.0 percent).
Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) 1995-2005, National Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment Services
This report presents results from the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) for 2005 and trend data for 1995 to 2005. The report provides information on the characteristics of the 1.9 million annual admissions to substance abuse treatment in facilities that are funded or monitored by State substance abuse agencies.
Anger Management for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Clients: Participant Workbook
This workbook was developed for use in conjunction with "Anger Management for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Clients: A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Manual" (BKD444). It provides individuals participating in the 12-week anger management group treatment with a summary of core concepts, worksheets to complete homework assignments, and space to take notes for each of the sessions.
The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking:
What it Means to You.
A Guide to Action for Families
A Guide to Action for Educators
A Guide to Action for Communities
The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking seeks to raise awareness of and promote action on underage drinking and its effects. In addition to bringing attention to underage drinking and its negative consequences, the Call to Action identifies six goals for preventing and reducing youth drinking. A Guide to Action for Families, which is based on the Call to Action, provides family members, those who work with young people, and adolescents and teens with evidence-based strategies and action steps they can use to prevent underage drinking. Both the Call to Action and the Guide to Action for Families were developed in collaboration with the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Overview Paper 1: Definitions and Terms Relating to Co-Occurring Disorders
It is essential to use a common language to develop consensus on how to address the needs of persons with co-occurring disorders. This paper provides definitions of terms associated with substance-related disorders, mental disorders, co-occurring disorders, and programs.
Overview Paper 2: Screening, Assessment, and Treatment Planning for Persons With Co-Occurring
Clients with co-occurring disorders (COD) are best served through an integrated screening, assessment, and treatment planning process that addresses both substance use and mental disorders. This paper discusses the purpose, appropriate staffing, protocols, methods, advantages and disadvantages, and processes for integrated screening, assessment, systems issues, financing, and treatment planning for persons with COD.
Developing Competitive SAMHSA Grant Applications, March 2007
This technical assistance manual, Developing Competitive SAMHSA Grant Applications, is designed to help SAMHSA grant applicants acquire the skills and resources needed to plan, write, and prepare competitive grant applications for Agency funding.
Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for Trauma Patients
This guide is intended to help Level I and II trauma centers implement Screening and Brief Interventions (SBI) as part of routine trauma cases. It reviews the elements that should be considered as part of implementing a successful program and will be a reference for SBI in other settings as well.
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