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Overview
CASA’s Health and Treatment Research and Analysis Division conducts studies to determine what treatment works best for individuals.
The department is run by Jon Morgenstern, PhD, a professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Director of New York-Presbyterian Hospital’s Substance Abuse Treatment program.
CASACCARESM - Chronic Care Approaches to Recovery
A joint effort between CASA and the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS), CASACCARESM is a new approach to better help individuals struggling with the chronic disease of drug and alcohol abuse and addiction and to save taxpayers money. Using a $3 million federal grant the CASACCARESM program will work with OASAS to introduce in New York State’s Albany and Nassau counties chronic disease management for alcohol and drug addiction and will evaluate whether clients benefit and whether the program saves taxpayer dollars spent on crisis care for a poorly managed chronic condition. The goal of the CASACCARESM program is to treat substance abuse and addiction as a chronic, relapsing disease - like asthma or hypertension - with care provided for patients on a continuing basis, instead of stigmatizing the disease and treating it as an acute illness that receives medical attention only when symptoms are at their worst.
Funded by The National Institute on Drug Abuse
Expected Completion: 2012
CASAHOPESM - Housing Opportunities Program Evaluation
CASAHOPESM - Housing Opportunities Program Evaluation, will evaluate “Housing First,” the latest New York State/New York City housing program that provides housing plus social and health services for chronically homeless individuals who continue to abuse alcohol and drugs. Housing First is a pioneering test by a state or city government of a supportive housing program to provide stable shelter to the homeless population without a precondition of sobriety, which has been a standard requirement in public housing policy. The goal of CASAHOPESM is to determine whether Housing First can effectively treat substance abusers and addicts for whom it provides shelter and in the process save taxpayer dollars by reducing health care, criminal justice, and other social welfare costs.
Funded by The Hilton Foundation
Expected Completion: 2011
CASASARDSM: Substance Abuse Research Demonstration
In 2007, NIDA awarded CASA a $2.3 million grant to continue examining a promising approach to working with women applying for child welfare benefits who also suffer from substance dependence. In a previous NIDA funded research project, researchers at CASA found that a case management program specifically designed to engage these women in substance dependence treatment led to greater progress in treatment and consequent sobriety. The outcomes of this research study were so promising that New Jersey implemented a modified version of the CASASARDSM case management model in 19 of its 21 counties. The new NIDA grant will conduct a comprehensive cost benefit analysis of the case management program and see whether case management leads to reductions in costly government services and, potentially, pay for itself. The study will also look at how well an intervention designed and tested by scientists stands up when carried out under real-world conditions and will test whether the program implemented by the state has similar outcomes to the research study.
Funded by The National Institute on Drug Abuse
Expected Completion: 2011
CASALEAPSM: Learning Effective Approaches to Prevention
This study tests the effectiveness of family therapy compared to alternative treatment approaches delivered in community-based clinical settings for adolescents with substance use and mental health problems.
Funded by The National Institute on Drug Abuse
Expected Completion: 2011
CASASTEPSM: Studying Treatment Effectiveness through Partnerships
CASASTEPSM tests the effectiveness of three intervention approaches on 500 welfare recipients with substance abuse disorders from the Bronx, N.Y., which include, traditional treatment services, case management treatment and integrated case management with multiple coordinated services like mental health counseling, legal consultation and parenting classes.
Funded by The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Project Completion: 2008