Recent patterns of treatment episodes by main treatment type

The AODTS–NMDS has collected treatment services information since 2001–02. In this time, there has been a steady decline in the number of episodes provided for withdrawal management (detoxification). There was a notable change in the  number of 'other' treatment episodes in 2007–08. The number of pharmacotherapy episodes included in 'other' has remained similar, so the increase in 'other' episodes is due to an increase in non-pharmacotherapy treatments.
The collection guidelines for alcohol and other drug professionals provides a complete list of the definitions for all of the data items in the collection.

 

Closed treatment episodes by main treatment type, 2001–02 to 2007–08 (per cent)

Main Treatment Type	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08
Withdrawal management (detoxification)	19.1	18.9	18.4	17.9	17.1	16.6	16.2
Counselling	38.9	41.5	37.6	40.2	37.8	38.7	37.3
Rehabilitation	6.3	7.5	8.6	7.7	7.5	7.4	7.2
Support and case management only	6.1	6.9	8.4	7.9	8.2	8.3	8.0
Information and education only	9.8	8.0	7.6	8.9	9.7	9.3	9.8
Assessment only	14.6	12.7	14.9	12.4	15.3	15.1	14.3
Other	5.1	4.4	4.5	5.0	4.4	4.5	7.2

Source: Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2007–08

 

Notes to the table

• For the reporting period 2001–02, South Australia was excluded from the collection.
• 'Other' treatment includes closed treatment episodes where the main treatment reported was pharmacotherapy.

 

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