What is a Oasas facility?

These centers provide individualized care that is responsive to the needs of each client and supports long-term recovery. OASAS staff at each facility are trained at addressing co-occurring or underlying conditions, such as psychiatric disorders. They also assist in your aftercare planning.

What is Oasas certification?

OASAS oversees the credentialing of all professional substance use counselors and prevention practitioners in New York State. OASAS offers the following credentials: Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC) Credentialed Prevention Professional (CPP) Credentialed Prevention Specialist (CPS)

What are the reasons for taking substances into the body?

Reasons for taking substance into the body.

• Staying alive.
• Satisfy Hunger.
• Quench Thirst.
• Satisfy Curiosity.
• Unnecessary imitation.
• Enjoyment.
• Availability or easy access to these substances.

How to become a substance abuse counselor in New York?

Each counselor in New York must possess an undergraduate degree. For LPCs, a preferred undergraduate discipline is not specified. Aspiring school counselors generally earn their undergraduate degrees in education, while behavioral and substance abuse counselors typically pursue undergraduate degrees in a closely related field.

How effective is drug addiction treatment?

Effective Drug Treatments. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, research shows that overall drug treatment is as successful as treatment of other chronic diseases, such as asthma, diabetes and high blood pressure.

What are facts about substance abuse?

Substance abuse is a pandemic in the United States. From the abuse of seemingly innocent substances such as marijuana and alcohol to the abuse of street drugs like cocaine and heroin, substance abuse costs individuals substantially, and it costs the nation as a whole.

What is considered substance abuse?

Substance abuse can simply be defined as a pattern of harmful use of any substance for mood-altering purposes. “Substances” can include alcohol and other drugs (illegal or not) as well as some substances that are not drugs at all.