NCJ Number
172718
Date Published
1997
Length
19 pages
Annotation
The National Treatment Improvement Evaluation Study (NTIES) is a congressionally mandated 5-year study of the impact of drug and alcohol treatment on thousands of clients in hundreds of treatment units that received public support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.
Abstract
NTIES data were obtained from 4,411 clients from across the country. It included clients who completed an intake interview and returned for at least a single visit. Findings pertain to women in treatment, treatment for marijuana use, adolescents and young adults in treatment, treatment for cocaine and crack use, and treatment impact on criminal activity. The study found that clients served by the evaluated programs significantly reduced their alcohol and other drug use. Significant reductions in drug and alcohol use were still reported a full year after treatment. Reductions were noted regardless of the amount of time spent in treatment or the amount of treatment received. Clients reported increases in employment and income, improvements in mental and physical health, decreases in criminal activity, decreases in homelessness, and decreases in behaviors that put them at risk for HIV/AIDS infections 1 year after treatment. Grants made in 1990-91 distributed approximately $240 million over 3 years to improve services in more than 430 treatment units that served approximately 100,000 clients. Extensive figures and tables