2010 National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services Available

Produced by SAMHSA's Drug and Alcohol Services Information System, the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS) is conducted annually and is designed to collect data on the location, characteristics, services offered, and number of clients in treatment at alcohol and drug abuse facilities (both public and private) throughout the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and other U.S. jurisdictions. The geographic data included in N-SSATS are state, county, Federal Information Processing Standards state and county codes, metropolitan statistical area, core-based statistical area, census region, and census division. The 2010 N-SSATS data and documentation files have been released for and download and online analysis through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA) website. SAMHSA has also released a report titled, National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS): 2010 Data on Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities (8.43 MB). The report summarizes national and state-level data on programs and services provided in substance abuse treatment facilities in 2010 and presents trends in client and facility characteristics.

Access the 2010 N-SSATS Study

Learn More about N-SSATS

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA) provides easy access to current and comprehensive data on substance abuse and mental health. All datasets are available for download directly from the SAMHDA website in multiple file formats. In addition, SAMHDA offers online data analysis, tools to customize graphs and charts, interactive maps, bibliographies, and user support.

Faces & Voices of Recovery: Making Recovery Voices Count in 2012!

Addiction recovery is more than "just not using." As active citizens, we connect or reconnect with our communities. In our active addiction, many of us neglected our responsibilities, including participating in community life. At Faces & Voices of Recovery we are working to organize and mobilize the recovery community because by our silence we let others define us. We must hold elected officials and policy makers accountable, by informing them about the laws, rules and regulations that will benefit recovery and asking them to take a position on the issues that we care about.
- Steve Gumbley, Faces & Voices board chair

With the 2012 national elections approaching, recovery community organizations are getting ready to conduct voter registration and Get-Out-The-Vote activities, sponsoring candidate forums and getting candidates for political office on record about critical policies that will make recovery a reality for even more Americans. They are making RECOVERY VOICES COUNT as part of our 2012 Non-Partisan Civic Engagement campaign.

Use Faces & Voices of Recovery's new Guide and tools, including Questions for Candidates to educate candidates for public office about key issues and turn out voters in growing numbers so that we can have an even greater impact on the lives of people who still need help to recover and our communities.

Honoring Children of Alcoholics Week

The National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACoA) is sponsoring the 2012 Children of Alcoholics Week, observed from February 12 - 18th. Children of Alcoholics Week celebrates the recovery of the many thousands of children of all ages who have received the help they needed to recover from the pain and losses suffered in their childhood. To find out more about Children of Alcoholics Week and how you can participate, visit NACoA.

Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for Youth: A Practitioner's Guide

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, in collaboration with the American Academy of Pediatrics, developed Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for Youth: A Practitioner's Guide.

The Practitioner’s Guide and Pocket Guide can be downloaded from here.

5th National Conference on Behavioral Health for Women and Girls: Health, Empowerment, Resilience and Recovery – (HERR CONFERence)

SAVE THE DATE!

July 17–19, 2012

San Diego Marriott Marquis and Marina

Sponsors: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Mental Health Systems, Inc. (MHS)

This CONFERence is for anyone interested in learning more and participating in a dialog about mental health and substance abuse prevention, treatment and recovery for women and girls.

The CONFERence offers an array of presentations, workshops and discussion sessions. Learning clusters will be highlighted, including the topics of Prevention and Community; Interventions; Trauma and Violence; Recovery Supports; Peer Led Efforts; Primary Health Integration; Children and Families; Justice Involved Women; Adolescent Girls; Female Veterans and Military Families; Workforce/Workplace Issues and more. The presentations and opportunities are designed to stimulate ideas, energize discussions, provide practical resources and encourage growth.

Click here for more information and to sign up for email updates!

Webinar Series: Opportunities for Persons in Addiction Recovery within Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care

The Great Lakes Addiction Technology Center is presenting a webinar series highlighting the multiple volunteer and career opportunities available to Persons in Addiction Recovery (PIR) within Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC). David Whiters, PhD is the presenter. He is a person in long-term addiction recovery with a PhD in social work from the University of Georgia. He is certified as an addiction professional and has been involved in the addiction recovery advocacy movement since the 2001 meeting of recovery advocates held in St. Paul, MN.

February 8, 2012 9:00 AM - 11:00 PM Eastern Time
Debunking the Myth: Our lived experience alone is enough
Register here.

February 15, 2012 from 9:00 - 11:00 am Eastern Time
Ready, Set, Go: Expanding Employment Opportunities for PIR within the Behavioral Health Field
Register here.

New Resource: ONDCP Recovery Update

ONDCP Recovery Update is a new quarterly publication from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy's Recovery Branch.

Click here to access the publication.

Recovery Coach Training

Jan. 23-25, 2012.

Location: Atlanta, GA.

Trainer: Andre Johnson

PURPOSE: This training will begin with an overview of the historic and current contexts in which treatment and recovery have taken place in the United States. A key area of focus will be the development of Peer Recovery Support Services (PRSS). The history of treatment and recovery in the United States will be explored and provide an understanding of the diverse paths to recovery. Then, a more in-depth look at the roles coaches play will be clearly defined and explored.

The first workshop, Introduction and Context: Understanding Recovery Coaching, will cover:

* The purpose, goals, and training background
* The concepts of recovery, recovery orientation, and recovery coaching
* The link to peer recovery coaching
* The emergence and importance of recovery coaching

The second workshop, Recovery Coaching: Understanding the Tasks, will explore:

* The principles, roles, and tasks of recovery coaching
* Recommended knowledge, skills, and personal characteristics of a recovery coach
* Typical situations encountered by recovery coach

By the end of the third workshop, Peer Recovery Coaching, participants will be able to explain:

* Peer recovery coaching and its benefits
* Qualifications of the peer recovery coach
* How peer recovery coaching benefits other service systems of care

For information or to register, call (404)752-1016 or email: southeast@ATTCnetwork.org

SAMHSA: Upcoming Release of FAQs on 42 CFR Part 2

SAMHSA is pleased to announce the upcoming release of its second set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on 42 CFR Part 2. As you may be aware, SAMHSA released an initial set of FAQs on Confidentiality and Health Information Exchanges in August 2010. As part of an effort to ensure appropriate, effective, and efficient application of the regulations, SAMHSA has undergone a process of reviewing further questions submitted by the field subsequent to the release of the first set of FAQs. The release of this set of FAQs is a direct result of that review.

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Participate in the Public Stakeholder Meeting

December 19, 2011 | 9 to 11 a.m. EST | 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD

As part of the effort to promote a clear understanding of the regulations in the current environment, you are cordially invited to a public stakeholder roll-out meeting to review the FAQs and provide responses to any remaining questions.

In Person: The meeting will be held on December 19, 2011, from 9 to 11 a.m. EST in SAMHSA's headquarters at 1 Choke Cherry Road in Rockville, Maryland.

By Phone: A call-in option has been provided. To use this option, dial 866-862-0213 and enter passcode 56335529.

If you wish to participate either in person or by phone, please RSVP to Deepa Avula at deepa.avula@samhsa.hhs.gov by December 5, 2011.

Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act

The US Department of Labor has a new web-based tool to help realize the hope for parity in coverage for addiction with other health conditions. To use the online question and complaint filing tool, go here and choose from the options under Request Assistance from a Benefits Advisor. You can also use the Parity Toolkit to advocate for your rights and benefits under the law.

Faces & Voices Community Listening Forum Toolkit

Faces & Voices of Recovery developed this Community Listening Forum Toolkit after hosting four Community Listening Forums in 2010 and 2011 with recovery advocates in Maryland, Florida, Oregon and Texas. You'll find everything you need to organize one in your community to raise awareness about important issues and develop support for taking action. Check it out here.

Nyswander Dole Award Winner, Ed Johnson

Please join us in congratulating Southeast ATTC South Carolina Program Manager, Ed Johnson, who has been selected as one of the 2012 recipients of the Nyswander-Dole Award by the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD). This is the first time that an individual from South Carolina has been chosen to receive this award. The award is named after Drs. Marie Nyswander and Vincent Dole, who pioneered the use of medication in the treatment of opioid dependence and is affectionately referred to as the “Marie Award.” The award, which is presented bi-annually, was first presented in 1983 to recognize extraordinary work and service in the opioid treatment field. Individuals are nominated by their state opioid treatment providers group and selected by the Awards Committee of the AATOD Board of Directors. A maximum of eight recipients are selected. The award will be presented at the Awards Banquet during the 2012 AATOD Conference “Recovery for Patients, Families and Communities” which will be held April 21-25, 2012 in Las Vegas Nevada.

Prior to joining the staff at Southeast ATTC, Ed was the Program Administrator for the Opioid Treatment Program at Charleston Center (Charleston County Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services) located in Charleston, South Carolina for the previous ten years and represented South Carolina on the AATOD Board of Directors. He worked with this population and with individuals with substance use disorders and HIV disease for over for over twenty years.

Training of Trainers: Provider’s Introduction to Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals

December 13-15, Charlotte, North Carolina

Location: TBA

The curriculum is intended to provide both practitioners and administrators involved in substance abuse treatment with: Increased familiarity with the issues and barriers faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in need of substance use disorder-related services; Knowledge about the interaction between LGBT issues and substance use and abuse; Enhanced ability to offer sensitive, affirmative, culturally relevant, and effective treatment to LGBT clients in substance use disorders treatment.

For more information and registration, contact:

email: southeast@ATTCnetwork.org

Tel: 404-752-1016

Journal Article: Opioid Addiction and Abuse in Primary Care Practice: A Comparison of Methadone and Buprenorphine as Treatment Options

Authored by Jean Bonhomme, MD, MPH; Ruth S. Shim, MD, MPH; Richard Gooden, MBA; Dawn Tyus, MS; George Rust, MD.

This article will be featured in the November issue of the Journal of the National Medical Association.

Opioid abuse and addiction have increased in frequency in the U.S. over the past twenty years. In 2009, an estimated 5.3 million persons used opioid medications non-medically within the past month, 200,000 used heroin, and approximately 9.6 percent of African Americans used an illicit drug. Racial and ethnic minorities experience disparities in availability and access to mental health care, including substance use disorders.

Primary care practitioners are often called upon to differentiate between appropriate, medically-indicated opioid use in pain management versus inappropriate abuse or addiction. Racial and ethnic minority populations tend to favor primary care treatment settings over specialty mental health settings. Recent therapeutic advances allow patients requiring specialized treatment for opioid abuse and addiction to be managed in primary care settings. The Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 enables qualified physicians with readily available short-term training to treat opioid-dependent patients with buprenorphine in an office-based setting, potentially making primary care physicians active partners in the diagnosis and treatment of opioid use disorders.

Methadone and buprenorphine are effective opioid replacement agents for maintenance and/or detoxification of opioid addicted individuals. However, restrictive federal regulations and stigmatization of opioid addiction and treatment have limited the availability of methadone. The opioid partial agonist-antagonist buprenorphine/naloxone combination has proven an effective alternative. This article reviews the literature on differences between buprenorphine and methadone regarding availability, efficacy, safety, side-effects, and dosing, identifying resources for enhancing the effectiveness of medication-assisted recovery through coordination with behavioral/psychological counseling, embedded in the context of recovery-oriented systems of care.

Raising Low 'Patient Activation' Rates Among Hispanic Immigrants May Equal Expanded Coverage in Reducing Access Disparities

Health Affairs, Vol. 30, No. 10, October 2011

Peter J. Cunningham, Judith H. Hibbard, Claire B. Gibbons

There is a growing consensus that activating consumers to become better managers of their health is an essential component of U.S. health care reform. The researchers measured how activated blacks, whites, and Hispanics are—that is, how confident, skillful, and knowledgeable they are about taking an active role in improving their health and health care. They found that patient activation among blacks and Hispanics was low, relative to that of whites. For example, 24.8 percent of Hispanics were at the highest level of patient activation, compared to 39.5 percent of blacks and 45.3 percent of whites. Among Hispanic immigrants, low acculturation and lack of familiarity with the U.S. health care system contribute to low activation. The findings indicate that increasing activation levels among Hispanic immigrants may be as important as expanding insurance coverage in reducing disparities in unmet medical need.

Access to this article is available at the Health Affairs Web site.

The New Frontier: The Use of Medication in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders

October 11, Columbia, SC

This training is designed to provide addiction and healthcare professionals with factual, evidence-based information on the various medications currently in use and being investigated for the treatment of substance use disorders. Due to the dramatic increase in the misuse of pain medications, particular emphasis will be given to the various medications used in the treatment of opioid dependence.

Sponsored by DAODAS, Southeast Addiction Technology Transfer Center, and Southern Consortium Node of the Clinical Trials Network (CTN) of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).

Registration deadline is October 7.

New Webinar: Managing Opioid Abuse and Addiction in Primary Care Settings

On September 13, 2011, from 1:00pm - 2:00pm SATTC and the National Center for Primary Care Behavioral Health team will be hosting a webinar entitled "Managing Opioid Abuse and Addiction in Primary Care Settings."

Webinar Description:

Opiod addiction and abuse are exceedingly prevalent but highly misunderstood health problems that the primary care practitioner is frequently called upon to diagnose and address. The primary care practitioner is often in the position of prescribing opioid medication, and must be justifiably concered as to whether such medications will be used properly. Substance abuse, dependence and addiction are viewed in the field of addiction medicine as three separate and distinct entities, and understanding the differences between them is essential to addressing these disorders appropriately. New science has revealed that real and demonstrable changes in brain structure and function occur in addiction, placing this disorder decisively in the medical disease model and thereby opening new doors for medical treatment. Effective treatment methodologies are avaiable to the primary care practitioner as well as the option to refer for specialty care. The aim of this presentation is to help integrate treatment for opioid use disorders into primary care settings, to give the primary care practitioner new concepts for recognizing the misuse of opioid medications, and to promote greater understanding about the benefits and limitations of opioid treatment.

Presenter: Jean J. E. Bonhomme, M.D., M.P.H.
Download: Presenter Bio

For more information or to register, please call 404-752-1016 or email dtyus@msm.edu

New Product from the SATTC!

Life Beyond Treatment:
Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care
with William White and Ijeoma Achara
DVD Box Set

In the summer of 2009 the Southeast Addiction Technology Transfer Center and the Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center convened a two-day Recovery Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC) workshop in Atlanta, Georgia, featuring nationally-recognized speakers William White and Ijeoma Achara. The goals of this event aimed to highlight the emergence of recovery as an organizing paradigm for the addiction treatment field and to outline how frontline service practices change as systems of care & local addiction treatment programs shift from an acute care (AC) model of intervention to a model of sustained recovery management (RM). The workshop also aimed to identify the characteristics of a ROSC, explore the implications of ROSC for multiple levels of the treatment system, and to explain the advantages and limitations associated with different models of ROSC.

Each workshop session on this DVD has been broken down into smaller segments, or chapters, to facilitate usage of these materials for workshops and presentations, and to make it easier and faster to find specific areas of content related to ROSC. We also included a whole new section entitled “Supplemental Resources” that contains the latest ROSC research and resources including monographs, reports, and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) “Definition of Recovery” and “ROSC Definition and Values” handouts. We hope that these materials will assist you in the effort to achieve system implementation of the core ROSC principles.

Dawn Tyus
Southeast ATTC

Lonnetta Albright
Great Lakes ATTC

For ordering information, call: 404.752.1016

An Interactive Conference Call Discussing the Benefits and Provisions of the Affordable Care Act

You’re invited to:

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT 101

An Interactive Conference Call Discussing the Benefits and Provisions of the Affordable Care Act

http://www.hhs.gov/partnerships/resources/aca_101-invite.html

Hosted By the HHS Center for Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

Tuesday, August 23, at 8 pm ET

Wednesday, August 31, at 12:30 pm ET

Wednesday, September 14, at 12:30 pm ET

To attend, please RSVP to partnerships@hhs.gov

PowerPoint slides can be found by clicking here.

Did you know...?

* young adults can stay on their parent’s health insurance until the age of 26, even if they don’t live at home or are married?

* there is now a plan for people with pre-existing conditions to access health insurance called the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan?

* 8 million children who are currently uninsured are eligible to receive care through the Children’s Health Insurance Program known as CHIP?

There are millions of people who lack access to health care, essential for healthy children, families and communities, throughout the United States. Many families don’t know what their options are to access better care.

YOU CAN LEARN MORE about many provisions that are currently in place that could help you and those in your congregation or community.

The Affordable Care Act expands access to care, ends abuses of insurers, and makes health care more affordable. The law helps those with pre-existing health conditions, people who are under age 26 and without health insurance, the most vulnerable in our society and those who are currently insured. To learn more about the health care law and how to access health care benefits in your community, RSVP to attend our Affordable Care Act 101 Conference Call.

Effective Strategies for Working with Justice-Involved Veterans with Behavioral Health Needs

Join Us on September 1, 2011 (2:00-3:15 pm EDT)

Please view the webinar in groups, register early, and join the webinar 15 minutes prior to the start time.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/725863017

Overview

There are an estimated 23.4 million veterans in the United States and 2.2 million military service members. More than two million U.S. troops have been deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq since September 11, 2001. Many service members returning from deployment are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, traumatic brain injury, and substance use disorders and may come into contact with justice system. This webinar will examine strategies for the identification, engagement, and community-based treatment of veterans with behavioral health needs who have come in contact with the criminal justice system.

Presenters

Larke N. Huang, Ph.D., a licensed clinical-community psychologist, is a Senior Advisor in the Administrator's Office of Policy Planning and Innovation at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In this position she provides leadership on national policy for mental health and substance use issues for children, adolescents and families and leads the Administrator's strategic initiative on Trauma and Justice. She is also the Director of SAMHSA's Office of Behavioral Health Equity which was legislated by the Affordable Care Act.

David Morrissette, Ph.D., is a Social Science Analyst at SAMHSA and Captain in the U.S. Public Health Service. As a licensed clinical social worker, he leads Mental Health Team 1 made up of, Public Health Service officers on call to provide behavioral health care to individuals and communities recovering from disasters. He manages grant programs at SAMHSA that fund the diversion of persons with behavioral health conditions to community treatment at arrest, booking or court appearances, including the Jail Diversion and Trauma Recovery - Priority to Veterans initiative.

Henry J. Steadman, Ph.D., has been President of Policy Research Associates, Inc., since he founded it in 1987. Previously, Dr. Steadman ran a nationally known research bureau for 17 years for the New York State Office of Mental Health. He is the author of eight books, over 130 journal articles, 20 chapters, and numerous reports. Dr. Steadman is the Director of the SAMHSA National GAINS Center and Principal Investigator of a juvenile mental health court study funded by the National Institute of Justice.

Jim Tackett, B.A., is the Director of Veterans Services with the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, where he is responsible for the Military Support Program, the National Guard Embedded Clinician Program, the Jail Diversion and Trauma Recovery Services for Veterans Program, and the Veterans Resource Representative Training Program. He is also an advisor to the Department of Public Safety, Division of State Police Peer Support program -- State Troopers Offering Peer Support.

Nicholas Meyer, B.A., is a Project Assistant at Policy Research Associates, Inc., working on SAMHSA's support of behavioral health systems serving service members, veterans, and their families. He is a former Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps with three tours of duty to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.