Evidence for Improving Intake and Assessment

Arfken, C.L., Klein, C., di Menza, S., & Schuster, C.R. “Gender Differences in Problem Severity at Assessment and Treatment Retention” Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 20 (2001): 53-7.

Bencivengo, M.R. “A Commentary on ‘Does Centralized Intake Improve Drug Abuse Treatment Outcomes?” Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 20 (2001):275-6

Claus, R.E., & Kindleberger,L.R. “Engaging Substance Abusers After Centralized Assessment: Predictors of Treatment Entry and Dropout” Journal of Psycoactive Drugs 34 (2002): 25-30.

Dennis, M.L., Ingram, P.W., Burks, M.E. & Rachal, J.V. “Effectiveness of Streamlined Admissions to Methadone Treatment: A Simplified Time-Series Analysis” Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 26 (1994): 207-16.

Garner, B.R., Godley, S.H., Funk, R.R. “Evaluating Admission Alternatives in an Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Program for Adolescents” Evaluation and Program Planning 25 (2002): 287-94.

Guydish, J., Woods, W.J., Davis, T., Bostrom, A. & Frazier, Y. “Does Centralized Intake Improve Drug Abuse Treatment Outcomes?” Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 20 (2001): 265-73.

Hser, Y., Maglione, M., Polinsky, M.L. & Anglin, M.D. “Predicting Drug Treatment Entry Among Treatment-Seeking Individuals” Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 15 (1998): 213-20.

Hu, T.W., Hunkeler, E.M., Weisner, C., & Li, E. “Treatment Participation and Outcome Among Problem Drinkers in a Managed Care Alcohol Outpatient Treatment Program” Journal of Mental Health Administration 24 (1997): 23-35.

Joe, G.W., Simpson, D.D. & Broome, K.M. “Effects of Readiness for Drug Abuse Treatment on Client Retention and Assessment of Process” Addiction 93 (1998): 1177-90.

Kail, B., & Elberth, M. “Moving the Latina substance abuser toward treatment: The role of gender and culture” Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse 1 (2002): 3-16.

Ryan, R.M., Plant, R.W. & O’Malley, S. “Initial Motivation for Alcohol Treatment: Relations with Patient Characteristics, Treatment Involvement, and Dropout” Addictive Behaviors 20 (1995): 279-97

Scott, C.K. & Foss, M.A. “Impact of Centralized Intake on Drug and Alcohol Treatment Placement Decisions” Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 34 (2002): 7-15.

Szapocznik, J., Perez-Vidal, A., Brickman, A.L., Foote, F.H., Santisteban, D., Hervis, O., Kurtines, W.M. “Engaging Adolescent Drug Abusers and Their Families in Treatment: A Strategic Structural Systems Approach” Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 56 (1988): 552-7.

Tucker, T.C., “Increasing Access to Treatment for Substance Abuse Clients: Evaluation of the Detroit Target Cities Experience. Outcome Evaluation Report” Detroit, Michigan (1997): Detroit Target Cities Project.

Weisner, C., Mertens, J., Tam, T. & Moore, C. “Factors Affecting the Initiation of Substance Abuse Treatment in Managed Care” Addiction 96 (2001): 705-16

Windell, P.A., Barron, N. “Treatment Preparation in the Context of System Coordination Serves Inmates Well” Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 34 (2002): 59-66.

Woody, G., O’Hare, K., Mintz, J. & O’Brien, C. “Rapid Intake: A Method for Increasing Retention Rate of Heroin Addicts Seeking Methadone Treatment” Comprehensive Psychiatry 16 (1975): 165-9.

Woods, W.J., Klingemann, Sven D., Sowi,D & Guydish, J.R. “The San Francisco Centralized Intake Unit: A Description of Participants and Service Episodes” Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 31 (2002) 17-24

Zold-Kilbourn, P., Tucker, T.C. & Berry, J. “Improving Substance Abuse Treatment for Indigent Clients in Detroit” Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 31 (1999): 233-9.