The APT Foundation (Founded 1970 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American non profit organization (NPO) that supports those with substance use disorders and/or mental illness.[1] They are the first methadone clinic in the United States.[2] The organization innovated the open-access model, an evidence based model for treatment that has proven to be more effective with longer latency.[3] It also contributes to research being done in the field of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment, cognitive behavior treatment (CBT), and twelve step facilitation (TSF).[4]

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The foundation offers substance use disorder treatment as well as primary care, psychiatric, counseling, and vocational services.[3] It also is the first clinic to offer same-day options for substance abuse treatment.[2] This immediate access uses evidence-based best-practices focused on reducing wait times as a factor in improving systems for addiction treatment.[5]

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  1. ^ "APT Foundation". medicine.yale.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  2. ^ a b "New strategies for combating the opioid epidemic". medicine.yale.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  3. ^ a b Madden, Lynn M.; Farnum, Scott O.; Eggert, Kathryn F.; Quanbeck, Andrew R.; Freeman, Robert M.; Ball, Samuel A.; Schottenfeld, Richard S.; Shi, Julia M.; Savage, Mary Ellen; Barry, Declan T. (2018-03-24). "An investigation of an open-access model for scaling up methadone maintenance treatment". Addiction. 113 (8): 1450–1458. doi:10.1111/add.14198. ISSN 0965-2140. PMID 29453891. S2CID 4338222.
  4. ^ "Connecticut Addiction Services". www.ctaddictionservices.com. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  5. ^ Gustafson, David H. (2012). "Essential Ingredients for Successful Redesign of Addiction Treatment". The Bridge. 2 (2): v2i2_article01. PMC 4167070. PMID 25243237.