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Impact Of Treatment Length On Individuals With Substance Use Disorders In Allegheny County, Cassie Dibenedetti, Kate Rosello
Impact Of Treatment Length On Individuals With Substance Use Disorders In Allegheny County, Cassie Dibenedetti, Kate Rosello
Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Symposium
Auberle social services is opening the Family Healing Center (FHC), a level 3.5 treatment program in Pittsburgh, PA that provides housing and 24-hour support for families struggling with opioid addiction. We partnered with Auberle to study characteristics of individuals receiving level 3.5 treatment and to determine whether longer treatment lengths correlate with fewer adverse outcomes. We obtained data from the Allegheny County Department of Human Services on 2,016 individuals admitted to level 3.5 treatment in 2019. The data included birth year, race, gender, admittance date, discharge date, and Children Youth and Family (CYF) incidents before and after treatment. We categorized …