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title: Treatments
description: "Table 5\r\nLevels of Support for Treatment Practices\r\nPractice\tResearch Support\tField Support: Low Risk\t\tField Support: Med/High Risk\r\n\t\tProbation \tJSI\t\tProbation \tJSI\r\nSubstance Use Evaluation\tEvidence-Based*\tModerate\tModerate\t\tWide\tModerate\r\nMental Health Evaluation\tEvidence-Based*\tModerate\tModerate\t\tWide\tModerate\r\nCognitive-Behavioral Therapy\tEvidence-Based\tModerate\tModerate\t\tWide\tModerate\r\nAlcohol & Drug Use Education\tNot Evidence-Based\tModerate\tModerate\t\tModerate\tModerate\r\nIn- or Out-Patient Treatment\tEvidence-Based\tModerate\tModerate\t\tWide\tModerate\r\n* = Evidence-based with qualifications"
url: "https://www.gmuace.org/appropriateness-statement-package/treatments/treatments/"
updated: "2023-03-06"
category: Treatments
---

# Treatments

The following section covers a number of commonly used treatment and therapeutic practices. These include substance use screening and evaluation, mental health screening and evaluation, cognitive-behavioral therapy, alcohol and drug education, and drug treatment (in-patient, out-patient). Also provided are implementation recommendations on how organizations can prepare themselves to make changes to their policies on treatment practices. Additionally, this section contains practice guidelines which include the results of the empirical evidence analysis.

The following table shows a summary of the results from the evidence analysis. The practices is categorized according to four levels: appropriate, promising, inconclusive, and not evidence-based depending on the amount and type of research available (see Introduction Table 2 for definitions). Also included are the perceptions of individuals working in supervision agencies and individuals that have experience with the justice system to illustrate different views about the contacts. The following table summarizes the evidence level, the probation staff perceptions, and JSI perceptions of the practices in this section.

**Table 5**

Levels of Support for Treatment Practices

**Practice**

**Research Support**

**Field Support: Low Risk**

**Field Support: Med/High Risk**

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***Probation***

***JSI***

***Probation***

***JSI***

Substance Use Evaluation

Mental Health Evaluation

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

Alcohol & Drug Use Education

In- or Out-Patient Treatment

Evidence-Based*

Evidence-Based*

Evidence-Based

Not Evidence-Based

Evidence-Based

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Wide

Wide

Wide

Moderate

Wide

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

* = Evidence-based with qualifications