• History. American Addiction Centers was co-founded in 2004 by Michael Cartwright (then CEO).
• Locations. By 2018, American Addiction Centers was operating 12 residential treatment centers and 18 outpatient facilities, and reported a revenue of almost $296 million.
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• Controversy.
• References.
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Ruth Fox Learn about the Ruth Fox Memorial Endowment, established in honor of our founder and addiction medicine pioneer Ruth Fox.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse It was the first federal addiction act in 40 years presented by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Representative Jim Sensenbrenner. The law addresses the opioid addiction and implementing programs for prevention, treatment, recovery, criminal justice reform, and law enforcement, and overdose reversal.

American Society of Addiction Medicine American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)

ASAM is dedicated to increasing access and improving the quality of addiction treatment, educating physicians and the public, supporting research and prevention, and promoting the appropriate role of physicians in the care of patients with addiction.

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a form of behavioral therapy that teaches people to learn to accept rather than avoid challenging situations in their lives. ACT has shown to be an intervention with great success in the reduction of various mental disorders and substance use disorders (SUDs).

​The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (CARA) is a provision of the Child Abuse and Prevention Treatment Act (CAPTA).

The ASAM Criteria recognizes that effective treatment cannot take a one-size-fits-all approach. Every individual's treatment plan is based on his or her unique needs, and therefore may be different, or require a variety of types or intensities of care. Individualize treatment times.

The ASAM Criteria defines the standards for conducting a comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment to inform patient placement and treatment planning. These standards describe six dimensions that should be assessed, including: Acute intoxication and/or withdrawal potential. Biomedical conditions and complications.

The American Society Addiction Medicine (ASAM) defines Addiction as a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry. Dysfunction in these circuits leads to characteristic biological, psychological, social and spiritual manifestations.

The 6 dimensions of change Marshak lists six dimensions of change: Reason, Politics, Inspirations, Emotions, Mindset, and Psychodynamics.

There are several theories that model addiction: genetic theories, exposure theories (both biological and conditioning), and adaptation theories.