Clinical Assessment and Substance Abuse Treatment

The Target Cities Experience

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

AvRichard C. Stephens,Christy K Scott,Randolph D. Muck,Christy K. Scott

599 kr

Tillfälligt slut

Evaluates drug and alcohol abuse treatment systems and their effects on individual alcohol and drug abusers.During the 1990s, in response to the multi-faceted phenomenon of substance abuse, the federal government's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment funded the Target Cities project in nineteen U.S. cities. This volume evaluates how the Target Cities project affected both treatment systems and individuals with drug and alcohol problems. In each city, programs were established to evaluate the impact of these substances on an individual's mental and physical health, housing, family relationships, and involvement with the criminal justice system. A brief summary of the evolution of national perceptions of drug and alcohol problems is followed by a description of the project, its participants, the process of entering treatment, an organizational analysis of the project's many components, participant satisfaction and adjustment, and the implications of the research findings for policy makers and treatment personnel.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2002-12-19
Mått153 x 231 x 14 mm
Vikt336 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSUNY series, The New Inequalities
Antal sidor243
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780791455944

Tillhör följande kategorier

Medicin: allmänt inom Medicin

Richard C. Stephens is Director of the Institute for Health and Social Policy and Professor of Sociology at the University of Akron. He is the author of The Street Addict Role: A Theory of Heroin Addiction, also published by SUNY Press, and Mind-Altering Drugs: Use, Abuse and Treatment. Christy K Scott is Regional Manager of Chestnut Health Systems at the Lighthouse Institute in Chicago, Illinois. Randolph D. Muck is Team Leader at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Systems Development and Integration Branch in Rockville, Maryland.

Acknowledgments 1. Background and Overview of the Target Cities Demonstration ProgramChristy K Scott and Randolph D. Muck 2. Methodological Issues in the Development of the Target Cities Multisite DatabasesPeter J. Leahy, Richard C. Stephens, Heather K. Huff, and Russell S. Kaye 3. Participants in the Target Cities ProgramRonald E. Claus and René M. Dailey 4. Identifying Service Needs among Substance Abuse Treatment ParticipantsMark A. Foss, Nancy Barron, and Cynthia L. Arfken 5. The Target Cities Participants: From Centralized Intake to Treatment EntryRonald E. Claus, Nancy Barron, and Kimberly A. Pascual 6. Effects of Centralized Intake on Participant Satisfaction with Treatment and Ancillary ServicesChristy K Scott, Mark A. Foss, and Richard E. Sherman 7. Implementation of Selected Target Cities Components: Analysis of Matching, Case Management, and LinkagesCynthia L. Arfken, Chris Klein, Elizabeth J. Agius, and Salvatore di Menza8. Does Centralized Intake Improve Substance Abuse Outcomes?: A Multisite AnalysisJoseph Guydish, Alan Bostrom, Sven Klingemann, Christy K Scott, Mark A. Foss, and Nancy Barron 9. Outcomes Before and After Implementing Centralized Intake ServicesChristy K Scott, Mark A. Foss, and Richard E. Sherman 10. Effectively Assessing and Preparing Inmates for Community Substance Abuse Treatment: The Portland Target Cities Project In-Jail InterventionMichael W. Finigan, Nancy Barron, and Shannon Carey 11. Lessons Learned from the National Target Cities Initiative to Improve Publicly Funded Substance Abuse Treatment SystemsJoseph Guydish, Richard C. Stephens, and Randolph D. Muck References Contributors Index

"Stephens, Scott and Muck have set a high standard of excellence in describing the evaluation of efforts to re-engineer complex health and human service systems. This is a 'must read' for planners, policy makers, evaluators, and treatment program administrators looking for ways to improve the quality of addiction treatment in urban communities." — Evaluation and Program Planning"What I like most about the book is that it provides the drug field with some useful outcome data on a very large—and expensive—government initiative. We don't see many comprehensive evaluations like this. It makes a nice contribution to the literature." — James A. Inciardi, author of The War on Drugs III: The Continuing Saga of the Mysteries and Miseries of Intoxication, Addiction, Crime, and Public Policy