INTER-AMERICAN DRUG ABUSE CONTROL COMMISSION CICAD/OAS

PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION PAHO/WHO

                                                                                               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STANDARDS OF CARE IN THE TREATMENT OF DRUG DEPENDENCE

 

Experience in the Americas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic guidelines and criteria

for the development of programs

to evaluate standards of care

in the treatment of drug dependence

 

 

 

 

 

October 2000


Contents

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ......................................................................   

PRESENTATION ....................................................................................    

SCOPE OF THE DOCUMENT.................................................................... 

 

CHAPTER I

THE TREATMENT OF PROBLEMS RELATED TO DRUG DEPENDENCE

 

1.1       DRUG USE AND DEPENDENCE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM................................................................................

     

1.2       HISTORICAL TRENDS IN DRUG TRAFFICKING AND USE IN THE REGION  ........................................................................

1.3                   MODELS OF CARE FOR THE TREATMENT OF DRUG DEPENDENCE .....................................................................

                       

1.4                   GOVERNMENTS AND THE TREATMENT OF DRUG DEPENDENCE .....................................................................

 

CHAPTER II

0        EVALUATING STANDARDS OF CARE IN THE TREATMENT OF DRUG DEPENDENCE

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2        ADVANTAGES OF A SYSTEM FOR MONITORING STANDARDS OF CARE IN THE TREATMENT OF DRUG DEPENDENCE ...........................................................................................................

 

CHAPTER III

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES IN EVALUATING STANDARDS OF CARE IN THE TREATMENT OF DRUG DEPENDENCE .......................................................................................................... 

 

0CHAPTER IV

0        DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO EVALUATE STANDARDS OF CARE IN THE TREATMENT OF DRUG DEPENDENCE ………………............           

1              PHASE I: PREPARATION ............................................................ 

2              PHASE II: MOTIVATION AND COMMITMENT ................................       

3              PHASE III: EVALUATING THE TREATMENT PROVIDED ..............

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5        CHAPTER V

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