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Substance Abuse: Clinical Issues in Intensive Outpatient Treatment A Treatment Improvement Protocol TIP 47 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Center for Substance Abuse Treatment www.samhsa.gov INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT TREATMENT Substance Abuse: Clinical Issues in Intensive Outpatient Treatment Robert F. Forman, Ph.D. Consensus Panel Chair Paul D. Nagy, M.S., LCAS, LPC, CCS Consensus Panel Co-Chair A Treatment Improvement Protocol TIP 47 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Center for Substance Abuse Treatment 1 Choke Cherry Road Rockville, MD 20857 Acknowledgments considered substitutes for individualized cli- ent care and treatment decisions. Numerous people contributed to the develop- ment of this Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) (see pp. xi–xiv as well as appendixes C, Public Domain Notice D, and E). 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NCADI Publication No. BKD551 The guidelines in this document should not be Printed 2006 Contents What Is a TIP? .............................................................................................................................. ix Consensus Panel .......................................................................................................................... xi KAP Expert Panel and Federal Government Participants ........................................................xiii Foreword ......................................................................................................................................xv Executive Summary .................................................................................................................. xvii Chapter 1—Introduction ............................................................................................................... 1 Forces Affecting IOT and the Contents of This TIP .................................................................................. 2 Terminology and Definitions ....................................................................................................................... 3 Summary of This TIP .................................................................................................................................... 5 Chapter 2— Principles of Intensive Outpatient Treatment ...........................................................7 Principle 1: Make Treatment Readily Available ........................................................................................ 8 Principle 2: Ease Entry ................................................................................................................................. 9 Principle 3: Build on Existing Motivation ................................................................................................. 9 Principle 4: Enhance Therapeutic Alliance ............................................................................................. 10 Principle 5: Make Retention a Priority .................................................................................................... 10 Principle 6: Assess and Address Individual Treatment Needs .............................................................. 11 Principle 7: Provide Ongoing Care ............................................................................................................ 11 Principle 8: Monitor Abstinence ............................................................................................................... 12 Principle 9: Use Mutual-Help and Other Community-Based Supports ................................................12 Principle 10: Use Medications if Indicated .............................................................................................. 13 Principle 11: Educate About Substance Use Disorders, Recovery, and Relapse .................................14 Principle 12: Engage Families, Employers, and Significant Others .................................................... 14 Principle 13: Incorporate Evidence-Based Approaches .........................................................................15 Principle 14: Improve Program Administration ...................................................................................................15 Chapter 3—Intensive Outpatient Treatment and the Continuum of Care ................................. 17 Overview of a Continuum of Care ............................................................................................................. 17 Conceiving of a Continuum of Care ........................................................................................................... 18 Key Aspects of IOT (Level II) ...................................................................................................................... 19 iii Key Aspects of Outpatient Treatment (Level I) ........................................................................................ 23 Continuing Community Care ..................................................................................................................... 24 Chapter 4—Services in Intensive Outpatient Treatment Programs ........................................... 27 Core Services ................................................................................................................................................ 27 Enhanced IOT Services ............................................................................................................................... 44 IOT Services: A Case Illustration ............................................................................................................... 46 Appendix 4-A. A Case Study of Intensive Outpatient Treatment .......................................................... 48 Appendix 4-B. Induction Protocol for Disulfiram ................................................................................... 56 Chapter 5—Treatment Entry and Engagement .......................................................................... 59 Elements of Engaging the Client in IOT ................................................................................................... 60 Collect Screening Information ................................................................................................................... 62 Assessing Barriers to Treatment ................................................................................................................ 64 Crises and Emergencies .............................................................................................................................. 67 Components of the IOT Admission Process ............................................................................................. 67 Sample Treatment