Clinical Assessment and Substance Abuse Treatment: The Target Cities Experience

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vii Contents Acknowledgments ix 1. Background and Overview of the Target Cities Demonstration Program 1 Christy K Scott and Randolph D. Muck 2. Methodological Issues in the Development of the Target Cities Multisite Databases 17 Peter J. Leahy, Richard C. Stephens, Heather K. Huff, and Russell S. Kaye 3. Participants in the Target Cities Program 35 Ronald E. Claus and René M. Dailey 4. Identifying Service Needs among Substance Abuse Treatment Participants 55 Mark A. Foss, Nancy Barron, and Cynthia L. Arfken 5. The Target Cities Participants: From Centralized Intake to Treatment Entry 73 Ronald E. Claus, Nancy Barron, and Kimberly A. Pascual 6. Effects of Centralized Intake on Participant Satisfaction with Treatment and Ancillary Services 87 Christy K Scott, Mark A. Foss, and Richard E. Sherman 7. Implementation of Selected Target Cities Components: Analysis of Matching, Case Management, and Linkages 103 Cynthia L. Arfken, Chris Klein, Elizabeth J. Agius, and Salvatore di Menza 8. Does Centralized Intake Improve Substance Abuse Outcomes?: A Multisite Analysis 129 Joseph Guydish, Alan Bostrom, Sven Klingemann, Christy K Scott, Mark A. Foss, and Nancy Barron 9. Outcomes Before and After Implementing Centralized Intake Services 149 Christy K Scott, Mark A. Foss, and Richard E. Sherman 10. Effectively Assessing and Preparing Inmates for Community Substance Abuse Treatment: The Portland Target Cities Project In-Jail Intervention 165 Michael W. Finigan, Nancy Barron, and Shannon Carey 11. Lessons Learned from the National Target Cities Initiative to Improve Publicly Funded Substance Abuse Treatment Systems 179 Joseph Guydish, Richard C. Stephens, and Randolph D. Muck References 201 Contributors 215 Index 225 viii Contents ...