Wednesday, February 23, 2005

State hospitals’ screening of patients finds many with drug treatment needs (Washington) Story in The Chronicle - "Since the start of a new project in April 2004, chemical dependency counselors stationed in six of Washington’s busiest trauma centers have screened 8,100 patients and identified a surprisingly high number who would benefit from treatment for alcohol and other drug-use disorders, according to a news release from the state Department of Social and Health Services. The five-year, $16 million project, paid for by a federal grant, is called Washington State Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment, or WASBIRT, and is administered by the Department of Social and Health Services Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse."