Quick Guide For Clinicians Based on TIP 45: Detoxification and Substance Abuse Treatment

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Description

This guide accompanies the Detoxification and Substance Abuse Treatment, Number 45 in the Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) series published by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). It is based entirely on TIP 45 and is designed to meet the needs of the busy clinician for concise, easily accessed “how-to” information.

This guide is divided into the following sections:

Why a quick guide?
What is a TIP?
Introduction
Levels of care and patient placement
Biomedical and psychosocial issues
Strategies for engagement and recovery
Referrals and linkages
Biopsychosocial screening and assessment
Detoxification services for specific substances of abuse

Links to the Tool:

This tool is available at: http://www.samhsa.gov/csatdisasterrecovery/featuredReports/03-QG%20Clinicia ns_Tip%2045.pdf (If you don't have the software to open this PDF, download free Adobe Acrobat Reader® software.)

Developer

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Funding Sources

Department of Health and Human Services

QualityTool Topic

Guideline-Related; Quality Improvement Strategies

Links to National Guideline Clearinghouse or National Quality Measures Clearinghouse:

This tool is derived from the following guidelines in the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC): Detoxification and substance abuse treatment: an overview of the psychosocial and biomedical issues during detoxification.,This tool is derived from the following guideline in the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC): Detoxification and substance abuse treatment: co-occurring medical and psychiatric conditions:
http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?ss=15&doc_id=9117&string=
Detoxification and substance abuse treatment: co-occurring medical and psychiatric conditions:
http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?ss=15&doc_id=9119&string=
Detoxification and substance abuse treatment: physical detoxification services for withdrawal from specific substances:
http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?ss=15&doc_id=9118&string=
Detoxification and substance abuse treatment: settings, levels of care, and patient placement:
http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?ss=15&doc_id=9116&nbr=4930&st ring=

History

Release Date: 01/2006
Original Summary: 10/2007

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QualityTool Classification

Disease/Clinical Category:		Detoxification therapy; Substance use disorders
Patient Population:		Vulnerable Populations > Substance abusers
Stage of Care:		Primary care; Rehabilitative care
Setting of Care:		Ambulatory Setting > Outpatient rehabilitation, physical therapy, or occupational therapy clinic, Physician office (individual); Physician office (group practice); Home > Patient self-management , Hospital Inpatient - Hospital Type > Rehabilitation hospitals, Residential Facility > Substance abuse residential treatment
Patient Care Process:		Active Care Processes: Diagnosis and Treatment > Primary care; After Care Processes > Transitions between settings; Care Management Processes > Coordination of care; Patient-Focused Processes/Psychosocial Care > Improving patient self-management; Patient education; Provider-patient communication
IOM Domains of Quality:		Effectiveness
QualityTool Format:		Workbook/Manual/Guide
QualityTool Topic:		Guideline-Related; Quality Improvement Strategies
Developer:		Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Funding Sources:		Department of Health and Human Services

Last updated: July 27, 2009.