101764: Improving Addiction Treatment Services

About the Course:

This hour-long video presentation, from SAMHSA’s Recovery Month webcast series, focuses on how the Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx) helps substance abuse treatment and mental health care providers use process-improvement methods to improve access to care, systems of care, and outcomes such as retention in treatment.

Journal/Publisher:

SAMHSA

Publication Date:

October 2007

Recommended For:

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially addiction counselors, psychologists, mental health counselors, and social workers who seek knowledge about improving addiction treatment services. It is appropriate for all levels of participants’ knowledge.

Course Objectives:

1. Describe problems common to addiction treatment service providers and discuss how clients are affected by them.

2. Identify ways in which treatment agencies can improve initial intake procedures and first contact with clients.

3. Discuss ways to identify weaknesses within treatment programs and methods for addressing the problems found.