Addiction Treatment Facilities in Texas
In Texas, 454 substance abuse treatment facilities were included in the 2010 N-SSATS, reporting that there were 33,113 clients in substance abuse treatment on March 31, 2010. The survey response rate in Texas was 89%.
According to the 2010 National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS) annual surveys, the number of addiction treatment facilities in Texas was 454. Of these, 168 were private for-profit and 231 were private non-profit. The remainder were owned/operated by federal, State or local government(s). Since 2002, the number of treatment facilities in Texas has decreased significantly.
Although addiction treatment facilities in Texas may offer more than one modality of care, in 2010 the majority of treatment facilities (375 or 82.6%) offered some form of outpatient addiction treatment. Another 131 facilities offered some form of residential addiction treatment, where 85 offered short term care and 110 offered long term addiction treatment, with 38 of these residential addiction treatment facilities offering detoxification. There were 61 facilities offering opioid treatment program in Texas with certified physicians providing Methadone and Bupenorphine treatments.
Addiction Treatment in Texas
State treatment data for substance use disorders are derived from two primary sources-an annual one-day census in N-SSATS and annual addiction treatment admissions from the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). In the 2010 N-SSATS survey, Texas showed a total of 33,113 clients in addiction treatment, the majority of whom (26,697 or 80.6%) were in outpatient addiction treatment. Of the total number of clients in treatment on this date, 3,537 were under the age of 18.
Across the years for which TEDS data are available, Texas has seen a substantial shift in the constellation of problems present at treatment admission. Alcohol-only admissions have declined from 22% of all admissions in 1992, to 14% in 2010. The vast majority of patients in addiction rehab in Texas suffer from either drug addiction or combinations of alcohol and drug abuse.
Texas Primary Addiction Treatment Admissions: The graph at right depicts substance abuse treatment admissions in Texas in 2010. The data show marijuana is the most commonly cited drug among primary drug treatment admissions in Texas, followed by cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and other opiates, including prescription painkillers.
The National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS) is an annual survey of facilities providing substance abuse treatment. It is conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). N-SSATS is designed to collect data on the location, characteristics, services offered, and number of clients in treatment at alcohol and drug abuse treatment facilities (both public and private) throughout the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and other U.S. jurisdictions.
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Support for Community-Based Prevention in Texas
Recognizing that local problems require local solutions, Drug Free Communities (DFC) organizations mobilize communities to prevent youth drug use by creating local data-driven strategies to reduce drug use in the community. ONDCP works to foster the growth of new coalitions and support existing coalitions through the DFC grants. In FY 2011, the following Texas coalitions received grants from ONDCP:
Aransas Citizens Against Drugs
Bacoda Galveston Community Coalition
Bay Area Alliance for Youth and Families
Caring Community Coalition
Concho Valley Community Awareness & Resources For Empowerment and Success
Dallas Area Drug Prevention Partnership
Drugs Kill Campaign, Inc. d/b/a/ The Coalition of Behavioral Health Services
Higher Dimension Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition
Hood County Substance Abuse Council
IMPACT FUTURES! Drug Free Community Coalition
IMPACT Navarro
Karnes County Community Coalition
Kilgore Together/ St. Lukes Methodist Church
Robertson County Community Coalition
Texans Standing Tall Inc (TST) (Austin)
Information compiled above is courtesy of: cdc.gov, oas.samhsa.gov, ondcp.gov, datafiles.samhsa.gov, dasis.samhsa.gov
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