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7. Is there ongoing assessment of an individual's treatment plan to ensure it meets changing needs?

8. Does the program employ strategies to engage and keep individuals in longer-term treatment, increasing the likelihood of success?

9. Does the program offer counseling (individual or group) and other behavioral therapies to enhance the individual's ability to function in the family/community?

10. Does the program offer medication as part of the treatment regimen, if appropriate?

11. Is there ongoing monitoring of possible relapse to help guide patients back to abstinence?

12. Are services or referrals offered to family members to ensure they understand addiction and the recovery process to help them support the recovering individual?

Source: A Quick Guide to Finding Effective Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment (CSAT/SAMHSA, NCADI Publication No. PHD877)

National Drug and Alcohol Treatment Referral Service
1-800-662-HELP

National Youth Crisis Hotline
1-800-422-HOPE


Sources of Payment for Substance Use Treatment (The NSDUH Report, Issue 10, 2006) Treatment Admissions in Rural Areas: 2003 (The DASIS Report, September 30, 2005) Treatment Admissions for Injection Drug Use: 2003 (The DASIS Report, September 23, 2005) What Is Substance Abuse Treatment? A Booklet for Families (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA, 2004) The DASIS Report: Admissions with Five or More Prior Treatment Episodes: 2002 (Source: SAMHSA, October 1, 2004)		The NSDUH Report: State Estimates of Persons Needing But Not Receiving Substance Abuse Treatment (Source: SAMHSA, June 11, 2004) The Therapeutic Community (NIDA Research Report, August 2002) Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research Based Guide (NIDA, October 1999)