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Commonly Used Acronyms
1. AA (Alcoholics Anonymous)
2. AAC (Austin Automation Center)
3. ACSW (Academy of Certified Social Workers)
4. ACT (Assertive Community Treatment)
5. ADHC (Adult Day Healthcare)
6. ADL (Activities of Daily Living)
7. ADTP (Alcohol Dependence Program)
8. AMA (American Medical Association)
9. AMIS (Automated Medical Information System)
10. APA (American Psychiatric Association) or (American Psychological Association)
11. ASAM (American Society of Addiction Medicine)
12. ASI (Addiction Severity Index)
13. CADHC (Contract Adult Day Health Care) Program
14. CAPS (Clinical Administered PTSD Scale)
15. CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities)
16. CBOC (Community-based Outpatient Clinic)
17. CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Treatment)
18. CEPC (Continued Extensive Psychiatric Care)
19. CESATE (Center of Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment and Education) At Seattle and Philadelphia VA Medical Centers
20. CFR (Code of Federal Regulations)
21. CHALENG (Community Homelessness Assessment, Local Education and Networking Groups) for homeless veterans
22. CMHS (Center for Mental Health Services)
23. CMI (Chronically Mentally Ill)
24. CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
25. CNH (Community Nursing Home)
26. CPT Current Procedural Terminology)
27. CRC (Community Residential Care)
28. CSAT (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment)
29. CSAP (Center for Substance Abuse Prevention)
30. CWT (Compensated Work Therapy)
31. CWT/TR (Compensated Work Therapy and Transitional Residences)
32. CWT/VI (Compensated Work Therapy and Veterans Industries)
33. DCHV (Domicilary Care for Homeless Veterans)
34. DDTP (Drug Dependency Treatment Program)
35. DOD (Department of Defense)
36. DOM (Domicilary)
37. DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Illness, 4th Revision, 1994)
38. DSS (Decision Support System) for documenting costs and workload for VHA programs
39. DSW (Doctoral degree in social work)
40. DTC (Day Treatment Center)
41. EBTPU (Evaluation and Brief Treatment PTSD Unit)
42. FTEE (Full-time Employee Equivalent)
43. GAF (Global Assessment of Functioning) from DSM-IV
44. GAO (General Accounting Office)
45. GEM (Geriatric Evaluation and Management)
46. G&L (Gains and Losses)
47. GPD (Grant and Per Diem) Program
48. GRECC (Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center)
49. HBPC (Home Based Primary Care)
50. HCFA (Health Care Finance Administration) see also CMS
51. HCHV (Health Care for Homeless Veterans)
52. HCMI (Health Care for Mentally Ill) veterans program
53. HCMI/TR (Homeless Specific CWT/TR) Programs
54. H/HHA (Homemaker and Home Health Aide) Program
55. HHS (Department of Health and Human Resources)
56. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
57. HMI (Homeless Mentally Ill)
58. HUD-VASH (Department of Housing and Urban Development – VA Supportive Housing) program
59. HWV (Homeless Women Veterans) Program
60. IAPRS (International Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services)
61. ICCM (Intensive Community Case Management)
62. IPCC (Intensive Psychiatric Community Care)
63. IRB (Institutional Review Board)
64. IRM (Information Resource Management)
65. IT (Incentive Therapy)
66. IVR (Interactive Voice Response)
67. JCAHO (Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)
68. Kbps (Kilobytes per second)
69. LAAM (levo-alphacetyl methadol), a long-acting derivative of methadone
70. LGSW (Licensed graduate social worker)
71. LICSW (Licensed independent clinical social worker)
72. LISW (Licensed independent social worker)
73. LOS (Length of Stay)
74. MAC (Mood Assessment Clinic)
75. MDD (Major Depressive Disorder)
76. MICA (Medically Ill Chemical Abusers)
77. MH (Mental Health)
78. MHICM (Mental Health Intensive Case Management)
79. MHSHG (Mental Health Strategic Healthcare Group) in VHA Central Office
80. MIRECC (Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Centers)
81. MSW (Master’s degree in social work)
82. NCA (National Cemetery Administration)
83. NCAIANMHR (National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research)
84. NC/PTSD (National Center for PTSD)
85. NIAAA (National Institute on Alcoholism)
86. NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
87. NIH (National Institutes of Health)
88. NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health)
89. NMHIP (National Mental Health Improvement Program)
90. NMHPPMS (National Mental Health Program Performance Monitoring System)
91. NEPEC (Northeast Program Evaluation Center) at West Haven VA Medical Center)
92. NHCU (Nursing Home Care Unit)
93. NVVRS (National Vietnam veterans Readjustment Study)
94. OSAT (Outpatient Substance Abuse Team)
95. No listing
96. PERC (Program Evaluation and Resource Center) at Palo Alto VA Medical Center)
97. PICT (Psychogeriatric Integrated Care Team)
98. PICU (Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit)
99. PMDB (Prevention and Management of Disturbed Behavior)
100. PMI (Psychiatric and Medically Infirm)
101. POW (Prisoner of War)
102. PRRTP (Psychosocial Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program)
103. PSU (PTSD and Substance Use Disorder Unit)
104. PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
105. QUERI (Quality Enhancement Research Initiative)
106. RCS (Readjustment Counseling Service)
107. S/A CWT/TR (Substance Abuse Compensated Work Therapy and Transitional Residence)
108. SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
109. SARP (Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program)
110. SARRTP (Substance Abuse Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program)
111. SCMI (Seriously Chronically Mentally Illness)
112. SEP (Special Emphasis Program)
113. SH (Supportive Housing)
114. SIPU (Specialized Inpatient PTSD Unit)
115. SMI (Seriously Mentally Ill) or (Serious Mental Illness)
116. SMITREC (Serious Mental Illness Treatment, Research and Evaluation Center)
117. SPMI (Severe and Persistent Mental Illness)
118. SSA-VA (Social Security Administration – VA) outreach program for homeless veterans
119. STAR (Sustained treatment and Rehabilitation)
120. SUPT (Substance Use PTSD Treatment) Program
121. TEPS (Therapeutic Employment Placement and Support) Program
122. TPP (Therapeutic Printing Plants)
123. VA (Department of Veterans Affairs)
124. VASH (VA Supported Housing) programs
125. VBA (Veterans Benefits Administration)
126. VBA – VHA (Veterans Benefits Administration – Veterans Health Administration)
127. VCT (Veterans Construction Team)
128. VERA (Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation) system
129. VHA (Veterans Health Administration)
130. VISN (Veterans Integrated Service Network)
131. VRT (Vocational Rehabilitation Therapy)
132. WPV (Work Place Violence)
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