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An evidence-based framework for organizing addiction treatment systems, improving patient care, and facilitating recovery.
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Standards to Improve Addiction Care and Support Recovery
The standards within The 蘑菇视频网 Criteria aim to increase access to high-quality care that can improve the health and well-being of all people impacted by addiction.
The 蘑菇视频网 Criteria offers an evidence-based, standardized, and organized way to connect people with substance use disorder (SUD) to services based on their individual needs and circumstances. These standards provide a framework for organizing addiction treatment systems and a foundation for state and national efforts to advance the quality of addiction care.
Last updated in 2023, The 蘑菇视频网 Criteria provides a consistent way to:
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Assess a Person's Medical, Psychological, and Social Needs
Develop an Individualized Treatment Plan
Match Patients to the Right Level of Care
Define What Services Should Be Offered at Each Level of Care
Use of The 蘑菇视频网 Criteria can increase patient engagement, improve outcomes, and reduce under or over treatment.
As America continues to grapple with high rates of SUD and overdose, there is an urgent need to improve the quality and delivery of patient-centered care. By rooting SUD prevention and treatment in one common framework such as The 蘑菇视频网 Criteria, we can ensure that everyone who provides, covers, or uses SUD services are “speaking the same language” and aligning clinical recommendations and insurance coverage with evidence-based practices.
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Promoting Person-Centered Care
Addiction is a complex chronic disease that affects each person differently. The 蘑菇视频网 Criteria has several guiding principles that promote care that is personalized and responsive to a patient’s unique medical, social, and psychological circumstances.
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The 蘑菇视频网 Criteria, Fourth Edition Volumes
The Fourth Edition of The 蘑菇视频网 Criteria will be released in four volumes, and uses a for evidence review and formal consensus development under the guidance of editorial subcommittees.
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Adults
Standards for adults with substance use disorder and co-occurring conditions.
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Adolescents and Transition-Aged Youth
Standards for adolescents (under 18) and transition-aged youth (16-25).
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Correctional Settings and Reentry (anticipated 2028)
Standards for the treatment of people involved in the justice system.
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Behavioral Addictions (TBD)
Standards for gambling disorder, internet and gaming addiction, sex addiction, and others.
Components of The 蘑菇视频网 Criteria
Level of Care Assessment
Used when a patient enters addiction treatment to identify their clinical needs.
Decision Rules
The results of the Level of Care Assessment are applied to the Dimension Admission Criteria, which take into account a patient’s needs, obstacles and liabilities, as well as their strengths, assets, resources, and support structure. Subdimensions in bold inform level of care recommendations and initial treatment for immediate needs; however, all subdimensions are considered for treatment planning purposes.
Dimension 1: Intoxication, Withdrawal, and Addiction Medications
| Dimension 4: Substance Use-Related Risks
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Dimension 2: Biomedical Conditions
| Dimension 5: Recovery Environment Interactions
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Dimension 3: Psychiatric and Cognitive Conditions
| Dimension 6: Person-Centered Considerations
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Continuum of Care
The 蘑菇视频网 Criteria defines standards of the different levels of care across the continuum, describing the setting, staffing, service intensity, and other core elements at each level of care.
As a patient moves through treatment, they are regularly reassessed. The transition and continued service criteria are applied to determine if the patient is ready to move to a less intensive level of care, requires a more intensive level of care, or should continue at the current level of care.
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