Many people remain unaware that the most-important part of effective addiction treatment starts with a thorough and comprehensive assessment/evaluation.  Look at it this way.  In the field of medicine, we turn to our physician to do a complete assessment or “work-up” of our health issues before he/she recommends an effective and appropriate treatment regimen.  Why would addiction treatment be any different?  WVADS, Inc. encourages patients, families, and significant others to be mindful of the criticality of a good assessment/evaluation.  During this time, this is when we professionally assess the progression of one’s use and accurately recommend the appropriate treatment setting that is needed to effectively address the problem.  It is not guesswork.  We at WVADS, Inc. administer the Addiction Severity Index (ASI), which measures the extent of the problem, and then we utilize the Pennsylvania Client Placement Criteria (PCPC) to determine the appropriate level of treatment.  But WVADS, Inc. has something else that we feel is significant; a treatment staff with over 200 years of experience to analyze the data from the assessment/ evaluation.  There is nothing like experience when treating the disease of addiction.