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SAMSHA: Hurricane Recovery Guides Preparedness Planning - posted: Friday, August 11, 2006
Many survivors displaced by Hurricane Katrina are now outreach workers in crisis counseling programs throughout the Gulf States who participated in a national summit in New Orleans in May.
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Join Together: Blueprint For The States - posted: Friday, August 11, 2006
Join Together convened a national policy panel to investigate the role state governments can play in improving the treatment and prevention of substance use disorders.
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SAMHSA TIP 45: Detoxification and Substance Abuse Treatment - posted: Monday, August 07, 2006
This Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) is a revision of TIP 19, Detoxification From Alcohol and Other Drugs. TIP 45 provides up-to-date information about the role of detoxification for individuals with substance use disorders.
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Principles of Drug Treatment with Criminal Justice Populations - posted: Wednesday, August 02, 2006
This new guide is intended to describe the treatment principles and research findings that are of particular relevance to the criminal justice community and to treatment professionals working with drug abusing offenders.
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Updated! American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines - posted: Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Recently updated in May 2006, APA practice guidelines are developed by expert work groups, who review available evidence using an explicit methodology.
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National Institute of Justice Special Report - Drug Courts: The Second Decade - posted: Wednesday, July 26, 2006
This NIJ Special Report presents findings from several recent studies that speak to the concerns of policymakers and practitioners about "what works" in drug courts.
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CSAT Webcasts: The Addiction Treatment Workforce - Where We Are, Why We're Here, and Where We Need To Be - posted: Wednesday, July 26, 2006
This Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) webcast on August 2, 2006 will examine what the addiction treatment field is doing to encourage more people to enter the field.
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NIAAA Clinician's Guide Now Available in Spanish Version - posted: Thursday, July 20, 2006
NIAAA’s 2005 clinician’s guide, Helping Patients Who Drink Too Much, has been translated into Spanish. The new resource is titled, Ayudando a Pacientes Que Beben en Exceso—Guía Para Profesionales de la Salud.
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Latest issue of Alcohol Research and Health Journal Available - posted: Thursday, July 20, 2006
This issue of Alcohol Research and Health includes selected findings from National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC), the largest comorbidity study ever undertaken.
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Florida Best Practices Recognition Program Recipients Announced - posted: Wednesday, July 12, 2006
For the past six years Florida has recognized substance abuse programs that exemplify "best practices" efforts in prevention, intervention and treatment services.
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Caron Offers Research Reviews on Clinical Topics - posted: Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Caron offers a full spectrum of gender-specific chemical dependency treatment programs to meet the needs of everyone — from adolescents to seniors. Their series of Research Reviews offers perpectives on a variety of clinical topics.
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New Publications from Center for Co-Occurring Excellence - posted: Friday, June 23, 2006
SAMHSA's Center for Co-Occurring Excellence latest overview papers and technical reports summarize the science base for each topic they address and make recommendations for practice and systems.
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Florida Epidemiology Workgroup Report Released at Drug Summit - posted: Friday, June 23, 2006
At Florida's Eighth Annual Drug Summit on June 7, the initial report of the State's Epidemiology Workgroup was released.
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ImproveOutcomes.com Offers QA Tools for Service Providers - posted: Friday, June 16, 2006
ImproveOutcomes.com is an innovative online resource designed to help you identify, implement, and evaluate quality improvement policies, procedures, and practices.
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Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) 45: Detoxification and Substance Abuse - posted: Friday, June 16, 2006
This TIP is a revision of TIP 19, Detoxification From Alcohol and Other Drugs(Center for Substance Abuse Treatment 1995 d). It provides clinicians with updated information on the issues commonly encountered in the delivery of detoxification services.
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SAMHSA KAP: Therapeutic Community Manuals for Trainers and Participants - posted: Friday, June 09, 2006
The training package includes a Trainer’s Manual, a Participant’s Manual that can be photocopied for each training participant, and module PowerPoint presentations. The PowerPoint slides also can be printed and copied onto overhead transparencies.
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SAMHSA KAP: Resources for Workforce Development - posted: Friday, June 09, 2006
Treatment professionals can find resources to help improve workforce capacity through education, retention, training and development and through the use of evidence-based practices.
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Dramatic Increase in National Treatment Admissions for Methamphetamine Coincides with Increase in Criminal Justice Referrals - posted: Friday, June 09, 2006
The number of national treatment admissions reporting methamphetamine as the primary substance of abuse increased dramatically from 1992 to 2004, according to data from the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). In 1992, 14,570 treatment admissions reported methamphetamine as the primary substance of abuse (comprising 1% of all admissions), compared to 129,079 in 2004 (7% of all admissions).* At the same time, the proportion of methamphetamine treatment admissions that were referred by the criminal justice system also increased, from 38% to 51%. See the recent CESAR FAX here: CESAR FAX Meth Report