39th and 40th Semi-Annual SARC Meetings
Improving Addiction Treatment in California:
Guidelines for Treatment and Evidence-Based Practices
September 10, 2009 – Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel, Burbank, CA
September 21, 2009 – Sheraton Grand Hotel, Sacramento, CA
Informative Websites and Reports:
National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices (NREPP), a service
of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration:
http://www.nrepp.samhsa.gov/
NREPP is a searchable database of interventions for the prevention and treatment of
mental and substance use disorders. SAMHSA has developed this resource to help
people, agencies, and organizations implement programs and practices in their
communities.
National Quality Forum: http://www.qualityforum.org/
The National Quality Forum promotes change through development and implementation
of a national strategy for health care quality measurement and reporting.
A Guide to Evidence-Based Practices on the Web:
http://www.samhsa.gov/ebpWebGuide/index.asp
SAMHSA provides this Web Guide to assist the public with simple and direct
connections to Web sites that contain information about interventions to prevent and/or
treat mental and substance use disorders. The Web Guide provides a list of Web sites
that contain information about specific evidence-based practices (EBPs) or provide
comprehensive reviews of research findings.
The Web Guide can be used by stakeholders throughout the behavioral health field to
promote awareness of current intervention research and to increase the implementation
and availability of evidence-based practices (EBPs).
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SAMHSA’s Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)
Initiative:
http://sbirt.samhsa.gov/about.htm
The SBIRT Initiative represents a paradigm shift in the provision of treatment for
substance use and abuse. The services are different from, but designed to work in
concert with, specialized or traditional treatment.
The primary focus of specialized treatment has been persons with more severe
substance use or those who have met the criteria for a Substance Use Disorder. The
SBIRT Initiative targets those with nondependent substance use and provides effective
strategies for intervention prior to the need for more extensive or specialized treatment.
The Initiative involves implementation of a system within community and/or medical
settings—including physician offices, hospitals, educational institutions, and mental
health centers—that screens for and identifies individuals with or at-risk for substance
use-related problems. Screening determines the severity of substance use and
identifies the appropriate level of intervention. The system provides for brief intervention
or brief treatment within the community setting or motivates and refers those identified
as needing more extensive services than provided in the community setting to a
specialist setting for assessment, diagnosis, and appropriate treatment.
The Facts about Comparative Effectiveness Research: How studying which
treatments work can improve care and reduce costs. Jeffrey Bernstein, CALPIRG
Education Fund, July 2009.
http://www.calpirg.org/uploads/2w/LL/2wLLoupwmrWESVI3DDjI0Q/The-Facts-AboutCER.pdf
Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research Report to
the President and the Congress. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
June 30, 2009. http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/programs/cer/cerannualrpt.pdf
Peer-Reviewed Research Articles and Resource Documents:
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reductions in residential substance abuse patients. Journal of Applied Behavioral Analysis,
41(4), 617-622.
Babor, T. F., McRee, B. G., Kassebaum, P. A., Grimaldi, P. L., Ahmed, K., & Bray, J. (2007).
Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT): Toward a public health
approach to the management of substance abuse. Substance Abuse, 28, 7-30.
Chambless, D. L. & Ollendick, T. H. (2001). Empirically supported psychological interventions:
Controversies and evidence. Annual Review of Psychology 52, 685-716.
Chun, J., Guydish, J., & Delucchi, K. (In press). Does the presence of a smoking cessation
clinical trial affect staff practices related to smoking? Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.
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Condon, T. P., Milner, L. L., Balmer, C. W., & Pintello, D. (2008). Blending addiction research
and practice: Strategies for technology transfer. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 35,
156-160.
Cuijpers, P., Riper, H., & Lemmers, L. (2004). The effects on mortality of brief interventions for
problem drinking: A meta-analysis. Addiction, 99, 839-845.
Eliason, M. (2003). Evidence-Based Practices: An Implementation Guide for Community-Based
Substance Abuse Treatment Agencies. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa, Iowa Consortium for
Substance Abuse Research and Evaluation/Iowa Practice Improvement Collaborative (PIC).
Fals-Stewart, W., Logsdon, T., & Birchler, G. R. (2004). Diffusion of an empirically supported
treatment for substance abuse: An organizational autopsy of technology transfer success and
failure. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 11, 177-182.
Fleming, M. F., Mundt, M. P., French, M. T., Manwell, L. B., Stauffacher, E. A., & Barry, K.L.
(2002). Brief physician advice for problem drinkers: Long-term efficacy and benefit-cost
analysis. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 26, 36-43.
Garnick, D. W., Lee, M. T., Horgan, C. M. Acevedo, A. (2009). Adapting Washington Circle
performance measures for public sector substance abuse treatment systems. Journal of
Substance Abuse Treatment, 36(3), 265-277.
Gentilello, L. M., Rivara, F. P., Donovan, D. M., Jurkovich, G. J., Daranciang, E., Dunn, C. W.,
Villaveces, A., Copass, M., & Ries, R. R. (1999). Alcohol interventions in a trauma center as a
means of reducing the risk of injury recurrence. Annals of Surgery, 230, 473-480.
Grella, C. E., Greenwell, L., Mays, V. M., & Cochran, S. D. (2009, August 14). Influence of
gender, sexual orientation, and need on treatment utilization for substance use and mental
disorders: Findings from the California Quality of Life Survey. BMC Psychiatry, 9, 52.
Guydish, J., Tajima, B., Manser, S., & Jessup, M. (2007). Strategies to encourage adoption in
multi-site clinical trials. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 32, 177-188.
Hien, D. A., Wells, E. A., Jiang, H., Suarez-Morales, L., Campbell, A. N., Cohen, L. R., Miele, G.
M., Killeen, T., Brigham, G. S., Zhang, Y., Hansen, C., Hodgkins, C., Hatch-Maillette, M., Brown,
C., Kulaga, A., Kristman-Valente, A., Chu, M., Sage, R., Robinson, J. A., Liu, D., & Nunes, E. V.
(2009). Multisite randomized trial of behavioral interventions for women with co-occurring PTSD
and substance use disorders. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77(4), 607-619.
Kovas, A. E., McFarland, B. H., McCarty, D. J., Boverman, J. F., & Thayer, J. A. (2007).
Buprenorphine for acute heroin detoxification: Diffusion of research into practice. Journal of
Substance Abuse Treatment, 32,199-206.
Laudet, A. B., Stanick, V., & Sands, B. (2009). What could the program have done differently? A
qualitative examination of reasons for leaving outpatient treatment. Journal of Substance Abuse
Treatment, 37(2), 182-190.
Madras, B. K., Compton, W. M., Avula, D., Stegbauer, T., Stein, J., & Clark, H.W. (2009).
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multiple healthcare sites: Comparison at intake and 6 months later. Drug and Alcohol
Dependence, 99(1-3), 280-295.
McCabe, O. L. (2004). Crossing the quality chasm in behavioral health care: The role of
evidence-based practice. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice 35, 571-579.
McCorry, F. (2007). Quality and performance improvement: What's a program to do? Science
and Practice Perspectives, 3(2), 37-45.
Miller, W. R., Zweben, J., & Johnson, W. R. (2005). Evidence-based treatment: Why, what,
where, when, and how? Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 29, 267-276.
Miller, W. R., Sorensen, J. L., Selzer, J. A., & Brigham, G. S. (2006). Disseminating evidencebased practices in substance abuse treatment: A review with suggestions. Journal of Substance
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Substance Use Conditions: Evidence-Based Treatment Practices—A Consensus Report.
Washington, D.C.: National Quality Forum.
Rapp, C. A., Bond, G. R., Becker, D. R., Carpinello, S. E., Nikkel, R. E., & Gintoli, G. (2005).
The role of state mental health authorities in promoting improved client outcomes through
evidence-based practice. Community Mental Health Journal, 41(3), 347-363.
Rieckmann T., Fuller, B., Daley, M., Thomas, C., & McCarty, D. (2007). Client and counselor
attitudes toward the use of medications. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 32, 207-215.
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