Acadia Hospital: Reducing Wait Time from First Request to Treatment
April 28, 2010 | Program Result Report
From September 2003 to June 2006, Acadia Hospital participated in the RWJF Paths to Recovery national program.
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A Call for ACTTION
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
In November 2008, a national workgroup released a call for ACTTION (Access to Cessation Treatment for Tobacco In Our Nation): An Action Plan to Address the Lack of Access to Tobacco-Use Treatment. This article is part of a special issue on tobacco cessation in the March 2010 edition of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
A Center Fights the Battle Against Addiction
April 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
From 1992 to 2002 staff at Columbia University, New York established and sustained the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA).
A Choice of 60 Workshops for Social Workers Treating Substance Abuse
September 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
The Social Workers National Research and Education Fund, Washington, convened a national conference in 1999 for social workers on alcohol and other drug use and abuse and the implications for clinical treatment and prevention.
A Collaboration to Promote Evidence-Based Practices in Addiction Treatment
November 23, 2011 | Program Result Report
In 2006, the State Associations of Addiction Services held its first conference to improve management skills of addiction treatment program leaders. NIATx (Network for Improvement of Addiction Treatment) helped in planning. Since 2008, the two organizations have sponsored joint conferences.
2005 Addiction Health Services Research Conference Publishes Proceedings in Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research
July 29, 2009 | Program Result Report
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Integrated Substance Abuse Programs and the RAND Corporation co-hosted the annual Addiction Health Services Research (AHSR) Conference in Santa Monica, Calif., on October 25–26, 2005.
Addiction is a Chronic Disease, Says HBO ADDICTION Project
October 1, 2009 | Program Result Report
HBO’s Addiction Project increased awareness that addiction is a chronic brain disease through a 90-minute documentary, supplementary films and documentaries, a book, an interactive Web site and podcasts - all promoted with a national outreach campaign.
Addiction Prevention and Treatment Videos
December 17, 2009 | Video
Three videos offer interviews with addiction, prevention and treatment leaders, document grantees' contributions and provide key lessons learned in the field.
Addiction Services Executives Learn about Measurement and Quality Improvement
August 27, 2009 | Program Result Report
The 2007 Annual State Associations of Addiction Services National Conference for Executives and Senior Managers in Addiction Services focused on issues of organizational capacity, quality, management, budget and policy.
Addiction Treatment Programs Manage Data Inefficiently
September 16, 2010 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison studied the flow of data in eight substance abuse treatment agencies for three major processes - admission, discharge and transfer between levels of care.