Recovery Resources

Family Guide - Adolescent Services in Wisconsin

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:53:51 -0500

Wisconsin Family Ties: Family Guide to Adolescent Substance Abuse Information and Services in Wisconsin. Finding your way around an unfamiliar place is easier with a map. This guide is designed with the help of families who have traveled the road that you now travel.

Treatment Provider Directory

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:52:45 -0500

Treatment Provider Directory: This Directory represents the first comprehensive compilation of HFS 75-certified adolescent substance abuse treatment facilities in Wisconsin. It is intended to be a resource for behavioral health professionals, consumers, and policy makers.

If you would like to receive a copy of the treatment directory by mail, send your request to Susan Endres at susan.endres@wisconsin.gov.

Click on Image (below) to download directory

Links

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:40:52 -0500

If you are looking for information regarding adolescent addiction, substance abuse and treatment, you should find these links relevant and useful.
This LINKS section will be updated regularly. Your suggestions for additional links to helpful resources are always welcome.

Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network (ATTC)
Midwest Region: Prairie Land Technology Transfer Center
The ATTC Network continuously strives to improve the quality of addictions treatment and recovery services by facilitating alliances among front line counselors, treatment and recovery services agency administrators, faith-based organizations, policy makers, the health and mental health communities, consumers and other stakeholders.

NIATx
NIATx helps behavioral health providers improve access to and retention in treatment for all of their clients by helping treatment providers develop and implement process improvement methods.

Wisconsin Department of Health Services/ Substance Abuse Services
Substance Abuse Services are for those persons who use alcohol and drugs and their family members who are affected. Services can range from education to treatment and include prevention, intervention, outpatient, day treatment, detoxification, inpatient, residential and recovery. The resources contained on these pages may be used to assist in preventing, or obtaining treatment for substance abuse problems.

SAMHSA’s Office of Applied Studies (OAS)
The OAS provides the latest national data on;
1. Alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and other drugs abuse
2. Drug related emergency department episodes and medical examiner cases
3. The nation’s substance abuse treatment system

Of Special Interest:
The TEDS Report - Characteristics of Adolescent Heroin Addiction

Boys-at-Risk Booklet

Sat, 3 Oct 2009 21:50:38 -0500

Young men today face many risk factors, one of which is substance abuse. During the Boys-at-Risk Summit on June 12 in Madison WI, a panel of four young men told their struggles of substance abuse and their ongoing recovery.
If you did not have the chance to attend the Summit and listen to their stories, we want to give you the opportunity to read these and other stories in a truly marvelous booklet entitled, "From Boys and Men: Voices of Struggles, Addiction and Recovery."
There are many untold stories of boys struggling to find their way in the world. This booklet will begin to open the doors to this important new narrative and, hopefully, inspire other young men to contribute their voices to it.

Download Booklet: BoysandMen.pdf

GAIN - Global Appraisal of Individual Needs

Fri, 2 Oct 2009 08:49:43 -0500

The Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN) is an evidence-based assessment used with both adolescents and adults and in outpatient, intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, methadone, short-term residential, long-term residential, therapeutic community, and correctional programs.
It originated in 1993 as a collaboration between clinicians, researchers, and policymakers from over a dozen behavioral healthcare agencies to create a comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment tool. It is a progressive and integrated series of measures and computer applications designed to support a number of treatment practices.
The GAIN has eight core sections: Background; Substance Use; Physical Health; Risk Behaviors and Disease Prevention; Mental and Emotional Health; Environment and Living Situation; Legal; and, Vocational.
GAIN materials are available in hard copy and electronic forms.
Visit: GAIN Home Page at Lighthouse Institute for more information.
Click here to see map of GAIN certified treatment providers in Wisconsin