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Treatment Assessment

Co-occurring Disorder Treatment Fidelity Ratings and Assessment Resources

 

 

Chooper's Guide strives to help the site user understand addiction and mental health treatment so that you may make informed choices for treatment. Over 70% of individuals with substance abuse problems have a co-occurring disorder such as depression or bipolar disorder. We believe that individuals who seek treatment have a higher probability of sustained abstinence and recovery if they receive treatment from a treatment facility that has adopted an integrated treatment model. Below, we have provided links to pages that will help you understand the established standards for best practices in addiction and mental health treatment and the assessment scales that have been developed to evaluate and rate a treatment facilites capability and compliance with these established best practices.

 

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DDCAT

Dual Diagnosis Capability in Addiction Treatment (DDCAT) rating table.

DDCAT RATING SCALE 

The Dual Diagnosis Capability in Addiction Treatment (DDCAT) is an instrument that assesses a providers’ ability to provide co-occurring disorder (COD) services.

DDCMHT  

Dual Diagnosis Capability in Mental Health Treatment (DDCMHT) rating table.

INTEGRATED TREATMENT SCALE

The Integrated Treatment Fidelity Scale measures whether the program is provided as the evidence-based model prescribes.

COMORBITITY SUBSTANCE ABUSE STATISTICS

Incidence and prevalence of substance abuse comorbidity bt specific AXIS I Psychaitric Disorders and lifetime risk of Mental Health Disorder by Substance Abuse Disorder.

DDCAT MAP

Graphical Illustration of states that have adopted the DDCAT rating scale.