First in a series of monographs from the Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center Chicago, IL
By: William L. White, MA, Ernest Kurtz, PhD and Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC
 
This monograph contains a synthesis of findings from scientific studies and recommendations from new grassroots recovery advocacy and support organizations that are collectively pushing a fundamental redesign of addiction treatment in the United States.  Based on growing evidence of the chronicity and complexity of severe substance use disorders, we are faced with an increasing need to shift the current acute care model of treatment toward a model of assertive and sustained recovery management