Facilities Offering Special Treatment Programs or Groups- SAMHSA's National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS) provides information as to whether substance abuse treatment facilities offered special services. These special treatment services include specially designed treatment programs for adolescents, clients with co-occurring substance abuse and mental disorders, criminal justice clients, persons with HIV or AIDS, gays or lesbians, pregnant or postpartum women, adult women, adult men, seniors or older adults, and persons arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs (DUI) or driving while intoxicated (DWI).
- A total of 13,371 substance abuse treatment facilities responded to the 2005 National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services and 83% of them offered at least one special program or group addressing particular needs of specific client types.
- The most commonly offered special program or group was for persons with co-occurring substance abuse and mental disorders (38%).
- Facilities providing hospital inpatient care were the most likely to offer special programs for persons with co-occurring substance abuse and mental disorders (56%). They also provided special programs for adolescents (26%), and adult women (26%).
- Facilities providing outpatient care were most likely to offer special programs or groups for persons arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs or driving while intoxicated (38%), persons with co-occurring substance abuse and mental disorders (38%), adolescents (36%), and adult women (33%).
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