In recent years, the alcohol and other drug (AOD) abuse treatment field has begun the process of standarizing patient placement criteria (PPC). The goal is to establish uniform patient placement critieria (UPPC), accepted by all providers in the field, that can be used to accurately assess the severity of a client's problems in three areas: medical, psychological, and social.

This TIP explains what patient placement criteria (PPC) are and discusses the experiences of others who have helped develop currently used criteria. The document also lays the groundwork for an effort to develop national uniform patient placement criteria.

This TIP is designed to help single State agencies and their staff develop, implement, and manage outcomes monitoring systems (OMS) for local substance abuse treatment programs in order to increase accountability for treatment expenditures.

This TIP presents guidelines for creating a comprehensive, integrated system of care for HIV-infected AOD abusers.

This TIP recommends alcohol and drug screening (blood and urine) of injured patients aged 14 and older at hospital admission. A comprehensive substance abuse assessment is outlined and some brief intervention techniques are described.

This TIP presents guidelines to help bring the criminal justice and AOD systems closer together, to more systematically promote the acceptance of AOD treatment for criminal offenders, and to enhance the effectiveness of that treatment.

This TIP, which summarizes the latest advice and recommends protocols for dealing with the threat of tuberculosis (TB) in the AOD setting, is intended to encourage collaboration among State, local, and private agencies.

This TIP describes detoxification care in a number of settings. Detoxification and patient matching are discussed. The TIP provides clinical guidelines for detoxification from specific classes of drugs such as sedative-hypnotics, stimulants, and opiates.

This TIP offers guidelines to providers who are working to deliver the best treatment possible to opiate-addicted persons.

This TIP provides a strategy for diverting youth with substance abuse problems from further involvement with the juvenile justice system.