-
 Based
on SAMHSA's 2000 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), the number of veterans admitted
to substance abuse treatment exceeded 55,000 admissions; 3,000 of these were female
veterans. Female veteran admissions were less likely than male veteran admissions
to report alcohol as their primary substance and more likely to report cocaine
as their primary substance of abuse. Between 1995 and 2000, the proportion
of both veteran and non veteran admissions with a psychiatric problem in addition
to a substance abuse problem increased. In all years between 1995 and 2000,
female veteran admissions had higher proportions of Blacks than did male veteran
admissions. See The
DASIS Report: Veterans in Substance Abuse Treatment: 1995-2000.
- Based
on SAMHSA's National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), facilities
with a specially designed treatment program were likely to offer related services.
For example, those with a specially designed treatment program or group for clients
with co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders were likely to offer
mental health assessment and pharmacotherapy; those for pregnant women were
likely to provide social services, child care assistance, and domestic violence
education; and those for persons with HIV/AIDS to provide testing services, e.g.,
for HIV, TB, hepatitis, and STD. See The
DASIS Report: Services Provided by Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities.
- Based
on SAMHSA's 2000 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), admissions with non-heroin
opiates as a primary substance of abuse accounted for 26,900 (10 percent) of the
269,400 opiate admissions. Methadone treatment was planned for 19 percent
of the non-heroin opiate treatment admissions. Non-heroin opiate admissions
with planned methadone treatment were almost twice as likely as admissions with
no planned methadone treatment to be self- or individually referred (81 vs. 43
percent). Among
the non-heroin opiate admissions, methadone treatment was planned for 66 percent
of Asian/Pacific Islanders, 24 percent of Blacks, 20 percent of Hispanics, 17
percent of American Indian/Alaska Natives, and 17 percent of Whites. See
The
DASIS Report: Planned Methadone Treatment for Non-Heroin Opiate Admissions.
- Methadone
treatment was planned for 40 percent of all heroin admissions reported to SAMHSA's
Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) in 2000. Injection was more likely to
be reported as the route for heroin administration by heroin admissions with planned
methadone treatment (70 percent) than those with no planned methadone treatment
(59 percent). The planned use of methadone to treat heroin addiction varied
by State. The nine States with the highest proportion of planned methadone
treatment were: California, Colorado, Indiana, Hawaii, Iowa, Ohio, Alaska,
North Carolina, and New Jersey. See The
DASIS Report: Planned Methadone Treatment for Heroin Admissions.
- Based
on SAMHSA's National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services, most of the
substance abuse treatment facilities providing only detoxification services were
very small or small.
Very large facilities were more likely to provide treatment
in languages other than English (53 percent), methadone/LAAM treatment (38 percent),
HIV testing (51 percent), hepatitis testing (43 percent), testing for sexually
transmitted diseases (40 percent), pharmacotherapy (59 percent), transitional
housing assistance (35 percent), programs for persons with AIDS/HIV (37 percent),
and programs for pregnant/postpartum women (34 percent). See The
DASIS Report: Variations in Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities
by Number of Clients.
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