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GPRA has never stopped rearing its ugly head quietly
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.33155
Subject(s) - taxpayer , government (linguistics) , abstinence , substance abuse , administration (probate law) , mental health , psychiatry , psychology , medicine , political science , law , philosophy , linguistics
The Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) as used by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to monitor grants has always been detested. Who wants to have to prove that taxpayer money used to prevent and treat substance use disorders (SUDs) is successful all of the time? But the problems with the GPRA tool, a questionnaire to be filled out by patients, have only magnified in an era in which abstinence has been seen as less important in the success of recovery, an ongoing process. This is also a time in which everyone recognizes that SUDs are chronic and relapsing disorders — not a new fact.