Connecticut State Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

Evidence-Based

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  • Motivational Interviewing (MI)

    Motivational interviewing is a style of consumer-centered counseling developed to facilitate change in behaviors. The core principle of the approach is negotiation rather than conflict.

  • IMR

  • Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) for Recovery

    Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is an evidence-based practice that uses a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive services to address the needs of persons with serious behavioral health issues and other co-morbid disorders.

  • Twelve-Step Facilitation

    Twelve-step facilitation is an active engagement strategy designed to increase the likelihood of an individual becoming affiliated with and actively involved in 12-step self-help groups.

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

    Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is a type of psychotherapeutic treatment that helps individuals to understand the thoughts and feelings that influence behaviors.

  • DBT

  • Family Involvement

  • Supported Employment Services

    Employment Services are integral to the DMHAS’ goal of offering a recovery-oriented system of care for persons in recovery who experience behavioral health conditions.

  • Supported Education Services

    Supported Education Services are integral to the DMHAS’ goal of offering a recovery-oriented system of care for persons in recovery who experience behavioral health conditions.

  • Trauma Initiative

  • Evidence-Based and Best Practices Initiative

  • First Episode Psychosis

  • DMHAS Latino Outreach

    DMHAS Latino Outreach provides regional, community outreach services designed to reduce the stigma that surrounds substance use in the Latino community and to identify Latinos who have a substance use disorder for which they are not seeking treatment, or who are at risk of having a substance use disorder for which they are not likely to seek treatment.