Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

McNicholas L, Howell EF Buprenorphine Clinical Practice Guidelines, Field Review Draft November 17, 2000. Rockville, MD, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Office of Pharmacologic and Alternative Therapies, 2000... 

Other important documents in HSTAT include the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Conference Reports and Technology Assessment Reports the HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS) resource documents the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (SAMHSA/CSAT) Treatment Improvement Protocols (TIP) and Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (SAMHSA/CSAP) Prevention Enhancement Protocols System (PEPS) the Public Health Service (PHS) Preventive Services Task Force s Guide to Clinical Preventive Services the independent, nonfederal Task Force on Community Services Guide to Community Preventive Services and the Health Technology Advisory Committee (HTAC) of the Minnesota Health Care Commission (MHCC) health technology evaluations. 

How does an overlooked health risk break into the news The National Inhalant Prevention Coalition, with the support of the Mental Health Services Administration Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, publicizes the subject each March, during National Inhalants and Poison Awareness Week. In 1999, the American Academy of Pediatrics commissioned an inhalant abuse survey, which received a great deal of national news coverage. 

When drugs interfere with patients functioning rather than help them cope with daily activities in the face of severe pain, the line between physical dependence and addiction may have been crossed. According to the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), addiction is characterized by the repeated, compulsive use of a substance despite adverse social, psychological, and/or physical consequences. ... 

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment National Drug Hotline 800-662-HELP Spanish-Speaking Callers ... 

Inhalants. Substance Abuse Treatment Advisory Breaking News for the Treatment Field. Volume 3, Issue 1. Rockville, MD Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 2003. 

Based on the information in the previous section, treatment would not be expected to have much of an impact on substance use and the problems related to addiction. Surprisingly, that is not the case. The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment sponsored a congressionally mandated study of treatment outcomes for clients in public-sector treatment programs. The National Treatment Improvement Evaluation Study followed 4,411 clients in 78 treatment sites across the country for 5 years. Clients were from vulnerable and underserved populations such as minorities, pregnant women, youth, public housing residents, welfare... 

The center 1 directed has three programs funded by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. 

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 2005. Substance abuse treatment for persons with co-occurring disorders. Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series 42. DHHS Publication No. (SMA) 05-3992. Rockville, MD Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. 

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