Key Points found in Scroll Box below:
1. Three Steps to Accessing Care:
-If you have insurance: Contact your insurer and If you don’t have insurance: Each state has funding to provide treatment for people without insurance coverage.
-Review the websites of the providers
-Call for an appointment.
2. Five Signs of Quality Treatment:
-Accreditation
-Medication
-Evidence-Based Practices
-Families
-Supports

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- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Finding Quality Treatment for Substance Use Disorders.

Update
Providing Substance Use Disorder
Treatment in Correctional Settings:
Knowledge Gaps and Proposed Research
Priorities-Overview and Commentary

- Zaller, N. D., Gorvine, M. M., Ross, J., Mitchell, S. G., Taxman, F. S., & Farabee, D. (2022). Providing substance use disorder treatment in correctional settings: knowledge gaps and proposed research priorities-overview and commentary. Addiction science & clinical practice, 17(1), 69.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
Alessi, S. M., Rash, C. J., & Pescatello, L. S. (2020). Reinforcing exercise to improve drug abuse treatment outcomes: A randomized controlled study in a substance use disorder outpatient treatment setting. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 34(1), 52–64. 

Baker, D. E., Edmonds, K. A., Calvert, M. L., Sanders, S. M., Bridges, A. J., Rhea, M. A., & Kosloff, S. (2019). Predicting attrition in long-term residential substance use disorder treatment: A modifiable risk factors perspective. Psychological Services. Advance online publication.

Hendershot, C. S., Wardell, J. D., Vandervoort, J., McPhee, M. D., Keough, M. T., & Quilty, L. C. (2018). Randomized trial of working memory training as an adjunct to inpatient substance use disorder treatment. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 32(8), 861–872.

QUESTION 11
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