This Week! SAMHSA's Detoxification and Substance Abuse Treatment Training Manual

This Week!
Friday, February 13, 2009

- SAMHSA's "Detoxification and Substance Abuse Treatment Training
Manual" -

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's
(SAMHSA's) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment is pleased to announce
the availability of the "Detoxification and Substance Abuse Treatment
Training Manual." This new curriculum, based on "Treatment Improvement
Protocol (TIP) 45," is for use by clinical supervisors for training
staff members about detoxification services for individuals with
substance use disorders. The manual includes information on the
physiology of withdrawal, pharmacological management of withdrawal,
patient placement, and incorporating detoxification services into
comprehensive systems of care. It includes step-by-step instructions for
providing in-service training.

For more details, please visit the This Week! section of the Center's
Web site: http://www.higheredcenter.org/.

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Received on Fri Feb 13 2009 - 09:24:50 EST