CMHC Service Delivery
Direct or Indirect? Community or Client?
SUD Treatment Continuum of Care
100

The goal of these services is to help clients living with both acute and chronic mental health concerns to improve their functioning through the use of individual, group, and/or family counseling

Outpatient counseling

100

Educational programs on the nature of mental health

Direct services in the community

100

This process typically serves as a gateway to treatment, normally lasting anywhere from a few days to two weeks

Detoxification

200

These programs, while also considered day programs, are less restrictive in nature than partial hospitalization programs (PHPs)

Intensive outpatient programs (IOPs)

200

Outreach programs for persons dealing with life transitions and difficult situations

Direct client services

200

The term rehabilitation facility is often used interchangeably with this level of treatment

Residential treatment

300

The goal of these services is to achieve stabilization of acute mental health crises and prepare clients to return to community-based care

Inpatient services

300

Helping the community organize to work for positive systemic change

Indirect services in the community

300

This type of outpatient treatment is the most common level of care for clients in SUD treatment

Intensive outpatient programs (IOPs)

400

These programs can range from 24-hour staffed supervision to independent/assisted living options that allow folks to receive care based on their level of functioning

Residential programs

400

Advocacy for groups such as marginalized populations dealing with chronic mental health problems

Indirect client services

400

This phase of the SUD treatment care continuum is best characterized by routine engagement with various peer support groups or programs

Aftercare

500

These services are available on a 24-hour basis through call, text, or chat, mobile units, walk-in treatment, or agencies specifically designated to offer this type of intervention

Emergency services/crisis intervention

500

Assertive community treatment (ACT)

Direct and indirect client services

500

This 12-step program, commonly used as an adjunctive support service in SUD treatment, was founded in Akron, Ohio

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)