| AA | Alcoholics Anonymous |
| AAAP | American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry |
| AACP | American Association of Community Psychiatrists |
| ACA | Adult Children of Alcoholics |
| ACT | Assertive Community Treatment |
| AD/HD | attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder |
| ADM | Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Mental Disorders |
| AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (formerly AHCPR) |
| AIDS | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| AOD | alcohol and other drugs |
| AOS | addiction only services |
| APA | American Psychological Association; American Psychiatric Association |
| APD | antisocial personality disorder |
| APPI | American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. |
| ASAM | American Society of Addiction Medicine |
| ASI | Addiction Severity Index |
| ATTC | Addiction Technology Transfer Center |
| AUDIT | Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test |
| AUS | Alcohol Use Scale |
| BAI | Beck Anxiety Inventory |
| BDI | Beck Depression Inventory |
| BED | Binge-eating disorder |
| BPD | borderline personality disorder |
| BSI-18 | Brief Symptom Inventory-18 |
| CA | Cocaine Anonymous |
| CAMI | chemically abusing mentally ill, or chemically addicted and mentally ill |
| CBT | cognitive—behavioral therapy |
| CCISC | Comprehensive Continuous Integrated System of Care |
| CINA | Clinical Institute Narcotic Assessment |
| CIWA-Ar | Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment |
| CM | Contingency Management |
| CMHS | Center for Mental Health Services (SAMHSA) |
| COD | co-occurring disorders (in this TIP, specifically co-occurring substance abuse and one or more mental health disorders) |
| CONTAC | Consumer Organization and Networking Technical Assistance Center |
| CQI | Continuous Quality Improvement |
| CSAP | Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (SAMHSA); Corrections Substance Abuse Program |
| CSAT | Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (SAMHSA) |
| CTU | Crisis Triage Unit |
| DALI | Dartmouth Assessment of Lifestyle Inventory |
| DAST | Drug Abuse Screening Test |
| DATOS | Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Studies |
| DBT | Dialectical Behavior Therapy |
| DDC | dual diagnosis capable |
| DDE | dual diagnosis enhanced |
| DDRN | Dual Diagnosis Recovery Network |
| DID | dissociative identity disorder, formerly known as multiple personality disorder |
| DIS | Diagnostic Interview Schedule |
| DSM-IV | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition |
| DTR | Double Trouble in Recovery |
| DUI | driving under the influence |
| DUS | Drug Use Scale |
| EAP | employee assistance program |
| ECA | Epidemiological Catchment Area |
| ER | emergency room |
| FY | fiscal year |
| GA | Gamblers Anonymous |
| GAD | general anxiety disorder |
| GAIN | Global Appraisal of Individual Needs |
| HIP | HIV Integration Project |
| HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
| ICM | Intensive Case Management |
| ICOPSD | individuals with co-occurring psychiatric and substance disorders |
| IOM | Institute of Medicine |
| LOCUS | Level of Care Utilization System |
| MAST | Michigan Alcoholism Screen Test |
| MATCH | Matching Alcoholism Treatment to Client Heterogeneity |
| MDDA | Manic Depressive and Depressive Association |
| MET | Motivational Enhancement Techniques |
| MFIR | Men’s Forensic Intensive Recovery |
| MHSF-III | Mental Health Screening Form-III |
| MI | Motivational Interviewing |
| MICA | mentally ill chemically addicted or affected, mentally ill chemical abusing, or mentally ill chemical abuser |
| MICD | mentally ill chemically dependent |
| MIDAS | Mental Illness Drug and Alcohol Screening |
| MINI | Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview |
| MISA | mentally ill substance abuser |
| MISU | mentally ill substance using |
| MMPI | Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory |
| MTC | Modified Therapeutic Community |
| NA | Narcotics Anonymous |
| NAADAC | National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors |
| NAC | National Advisory Council |
| NAMI | National Alliance for the Mentally Ill |
| NASADAD | National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors |
| NASMHPD | National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors |
| NCADI | National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information |
| NCI | Na’nizhoozi Center, Inc. |
| NCS | National Comorbidity Study |
| NIAAA | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism |
| NIDA | National Institute on Drug Abuse |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| NIMH | National Institute of Mental Health |
| NLAES | National Longitudinal Alcohol Epidemiologic Study |
| NMHA | National Mental Health Association |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| NTIES | National Treatment Improvement Evaluation Study |
| OCD | obsessive-compulsive disorder |
| ONDCP | Office of National Drug Control Policy |
| PCP | phencyclidine |
| PD | personality disorder |
| PG | pathological gambling |
| PIC | Practice Improvement Collaboratives |
| PPC | patient placement criteria |
| PRISM | Psychiatric Research Interview for Substance and Mental Disorders |
| PTSD | posttraumatic stress disorder |
| RPT | Relapse Prevention Therapy |
| SADAP | State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Profiles |
| SAMHSA | Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
| SAMI | substance abusing mentally ill |
| SAMM | Substance Abuse Management Module |
| SCID | Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnosis |
| SDS | Symptom Distress Scale |
| SMI | severely mentally ill |
| SOGS | South Oaks Gambling Screen |
| SPMI | serious and persistent mental illness |
| SSI | Simple Screening Instrument for AOD Abuse |
| SSRI | selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (a type of antidepressant) |
| STD | sexually transmitted disease |
| STEMSS | Support Together for Emotional/Mental Serenity and Sobriety |
| STP | Short-Term Program |
| TC | therapeutic community |
| TIP | Treatment Improvement Protocol |
| TREM | Trauma Recovery and Empowerment Model |
| UFDS | Uniform Facility Data Set |
| URICA | University of Rhode Island Change Assessment Scale |
| WFIR | Women’s Forensic Intensive Recovery |