D rug and A lcohol S ervices I nformation S ystem

The DASIS Report June 14, 2007

Facilities Offering Special

Treatment Programs or
Groups: 2005
S
ubstance abuse treatment facilities may
In Brief offer special treatment programs or
groups to address the specific needs of
● A total of 13,371 substance
clients such as adolescents or seniors. Data on
abuse treatment facilities
these special programs and groups are
responded to the 2005 N-SSATS,
reported to the National Survey of Substance
and 83 percent of them offered
Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), an
at least one special program
annual survey of all known facilities in the
or group addressing particular
United States, both public and private, that
needs of specific client types
provide substance abuse treatment.
● The most commonly offered N-SSATS captures information about
special program or group was for whether facilities offer special programs for
persons with co-occurring mental adolescents, clients with co-occurring men-
and substance abuse disorders tal health and substance abuse disorders,
(38 percent) criminal justice clients, persons with HIV
or AIDS, gays or lesbians, pregnant or post-
● Eighty-eight percent of the largest
partum women, adult women, adult men,
facilities in 2005 had at least
seniors or older adults, and persons arrested
one special program or group
for driving under the influence of alcohol
while 72 percent of the smallest
or drugs (DUI) or driving while intoxicated
facilities had at least one
(DWI).

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This report will examine the charac-

teristics of facilities with and without Table 1. Special Programs or Groups Offered by Facilities: 2005
one or more such special programs
or groups.
Facilities Offering Special
Programs/Groups
Facilities with Specially Special Program/Group Percent

Designed Treatment Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders 38

Programs or Groups Adult Women 33

Adolescents 32
A total of 13,371 substance abuse
DUI/DWI/Other Offenders 31
treatment facilities responded to
Criminal Justice Clients 28
the 2005 N-SSATS, and 83 percent
of them offered at least one special Adult Men 25

program or group addressing Pregnant/Postpartum Women 14

particular needs of specific client Persons with HIV/AIDS 11
types. The 11,113 facilities with Seniors 7
special programs or groups served Gays/Lesbians 6
88 percent of all clients in substance
abuse treatment facilities. Source: 2005 SAMHSA National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS).

In 2005, the most commonly

offered special program or group Figure 1. Percentage of Facilities Offering Special Programs or
was for persons with co-occurring Groups, by Size of Facility*: 2005
mental and substance abuse disor-
ders (38 percent) (Table 1). Around
100
one third of facilities offered special 89 88
85
programs or groups for adult women, 81
adolescents, or DUI/DWI offenders 80 72
(33, 32, and 31 percent, respectively).
The least commonly offered special 60
Percent

programs or groups were for gays/

lesbians (6 percent) and seniors or 40
older adults (7 percent).
20

Size
The largest facilities (120 clients or
more) were more likely than the
smallest facilities (fewer than 15
clients) to offer one or more special
programs or groups.1 Eighty-eight
percent of the largest facilities
in 2005 had at least one special
program or group while 72 percent
of the smallest facilities had at least
one (Figure 1).
Type of Care
The most frequently reported
special programs or groups varied
by the type of care—hospital inpa-
tient, outpatient, and non-hospital
residential2—offered by the facility.
0
Fewer
than 15
Source: 2005 SAMHSA National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS).
However, special programs or groups
for persons with co-occurring mental
and substance abuse disorders and
for adult women were consistently
among the most frequently reported
in all three types of care.
In 2005, facilities providing
hospital inpatient care were more
than twice as likely to offer special
programs or groups for persons with
co-occurring mental and substance
abuse disorders (56 percent) than for
15-29 30-59 60-119 120 or More
Clients
any other group (Figure 2). The next
two most common special programs
or groups offered by hospital inpa-
tient facilities were for adult women
and for adolescents (26 percent each).
Facilities providing outpatient
care were most likely to offer special
programs or groups for DUI/DWI
offenders and for persons with co-
occurring mental and substance
abuse disorders (38 percent each);
adolescents and adult women were
June 14, 2007 DASIS REPORT: FACILITIES OFFERING SPECIAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS OR GROUPS: 2005

Eighty-seven percent of facilities

Figure 2. Four Most Frequently Offered Special Programs or
with a mixed focus on substance
Groups, by Type of Care: 2005
abuse and mental health treatment
services and 83 percent of those with
Hospital Inpatient a primary focus on substance abuse
treatment services offered one or
Co-occurring 56 more special programs or groups. By
Disorders*
contrast, 63 percent of facilities focus-
Adult Women 26 ing on general health care and 72
percent of those focusing on mental
Adolescents 26
health services offered one or more
special programs or groups.
Adult Men 23

0 20 40 60
Facility Operation
Outpatient In 2005, whether a substance abuse
treatment facility was operated by
DUI/DWI/Other
Offenders
38 a private non-profit, private for-
profit, or government entity (i.e.,
Co-occurring
38 State, local, tribal, or Federal) did
Disorders*
not affect the likelihood of offering
Adolescents 36
special programs or groups. About
Adult Women 33
83 percent of each of these types of
facilities offered one or more special
0 20 40 60 programs or groups.

End Notes
Non-Hospital Residential
1
Size categories are based on quintiles of the
Co-occurring range of values for the total client census
38 on March 31, 2005, for all facilities. The
Disorders*
percentages presented in Figure 1 are based
on facilities that reported census numbers for
Adult Women 37 themselves and for no other facilities in their
network.
Adult Men 36 2
Outpatient care includes outpatient detoxification,
outpatient methadone maintenance, outpatient
Criminal Justice day treatment or partial hospitalization (20 or
25 more hours per week), intensive outpatient
Clients treatment (a minimum of 2 hours per day on 3
or more days per week), and regular outpatient
0 20 40 60
treatment (fewer hours per week than intensive).
Non-hospital residential care includes residential
Percent detoxification, residential short-term treatment
(30 days or less), and residential long-term
treatment (more than 30 days). Hospital inpatient
care includes inpatient detoxification and
Source: 2005 SAMHSA National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS). inpatient treatment. Facilities may offer more
than one type of care.

the next most frequently offered Figure Notes

special programs (36 and 33 percent, Primary Focus
* Figure 1: Size of facility is defined as the number
respectively). In 2005, facilities whose primary of clients in treatment on March 31, 2005.

Facilities providing non-hospital
residential care were about equally
likely to offer special programs or
groups for persons with co-occurring
mental and substance abuse disor-
ders (38 percent), adult women (37
percent), and adult men (36 percent).
focus was on substance abuse
treatment services or on a mix of
substance abuse and mental health
treatment services were more likely
than other facilities (i.e., those with
a focus on general health care or
mental health services) to offer one
or more special programs or groups.
* Figure 2: The “Co-occurring Disorders” category
is referred to as “co-occurring mental and
substance abuse disorders” in the text.
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Research Findings from SAMHSA’s 2005 Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS)

Facilities Offering Special Treatment

Programs or Groups: 2005
● A total of 13,371 substance abuse treatment
facilities responded to the 2005 N-SSATS,
and 83 percent of them offered at least one
special program or group addressing par-
ticular needs of specific client types
● The most commonly offered special
program or group was for persons with
co-occurring mental and substance abuse
disorders (38 percent)
● Eighty-eight percent of the largest facilities
in 2005 had at least one special program or
group while 72 percent of the smallest facili-
ties had at least one
The Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS) is an
integrated data system maintained by the Office of Applied Studies, Sub-
stance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
One component of DASIS is the National Survey of Substance Abuse
Treatment Services (N-SSATS), an annual survey of all facilities in the
United States, both public and private, that provide substance abuse
treatment.
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