Talk:American Society of Addiction Medicine

Article as ad

While i dont doubt the notability of this organization, this article reads essentially like an ad for them. ive added a couple of references to position papers, but nowhere in this article does it indicate the actual status of the org within the medical community or society in general. medical marijuana advocates appear to be critcical of their position on it, while addiction specialists may welcome their statement on the nature of addiction, but are their statements of any influence? Will Medi-Cal begin allowing for billing of addiction treatment, which it currently doesnt? will the SSA now allow disability benefits for addiction? Does anyone care what they say?Mercurywoodrose (talk) 05:34, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Somehow it has gotten worse - it appears that while the text is non infringing it is simple an advertisement - I have marked this article as Template:Advert Mfernflower (talk) 13:58, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

September 2014

I just undid a series of edits by an IP from the DC area which violated ASAM's copyright, taking text directly from their website. To make matters worse, it failed even to cite that source. If this edit was done by an ASAM employee, officer, or agent it also would violate our policy on conflict of interest. It also misses the mark on our need for secondary sources. If you wish to edit Wikipedia constructively, please discuss these matters first. LeadSongDog come howl! 16:25, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Well, it's only 9 years later and still not much here about the organization, though I believe it is time for updating it to reflect the organization's impact on the field of addiction medicine and on ASAM's establishment of widely accepted and implemented standards. ASAM has been developing evidence-based criteria for 30 years, with the 4th edition of their textbook, The ASAM Criteria.

ASAM has a defined set of treatment levels of care, with evidence-based standards for admission to these treatments (eg, inpatient, residential, intensive outpatient, etc). These ASAM criteria standards are required to be used by healthcare providers in nearly half of U.S. states, 15 states require commercial insurance companies and other payers to use them, and most states require the use of ASAM criteria for Medicaid. ref

Note that ASAM has a Fair Use Policy that allows use of some content for education purposes without requiring explicit copyright permissions. It's Copyright FAQs allows for fair use for educational purposes, including by nonprofit orgs that would include Wikipedia (IMO).

ASAM has also made available a pdf of the ASAM Criteria Interview Guide, which is a helpful "cheatsheet" for aid in performing a six-dimensional assessment that would inform the user about appropriate treatment levels of care.

I would suggest a separate page for The ASAM Criteria (book) and a different one for ASAM criteria, which is the Medical Guideline most used in the USA to guide the assessment of individuals who may have a substance use disorder, and their treatment within about 18 different levels of care (10 levels, most of which having both a standard level as well as a Co-occurring Enhanced "COE" level for people with significant comorbid mental health conditions, such as major depressive, bipolar, and posttraumatic stress disorders, that require concurrent management).

(I am not editing the content myself -- I would if I am not deemed to have a COI -- because 1) I am a dues-paying member of ASAM, and 2) I am a co-editor of the 4th edition of The ASAM Criteria and co-authored some of the chapters. I am not an officer of the organization and do not stand to gain financially from increased use of the Criteria (no royalties), so I may not need to heed the COI rules, but will not edit content here unless I can get some supportive guidance.) Drdaviss (talk) 15:27, 31 December 2023 (UTC)