The acuteness of drug use is emphasized in the matching process. Therefore, the need to remove these acute phase drug abusers from their immediate environment was given careful consideration. However, placement of acute individuals in residential treatment is not automatic, but dependent on responses to the other domains. Abstinence for a period of a year or more during the past four years is interpreted as an indication that the client knows how to quit. A negative rating on any of the items is considered as an indication that a client is at high risk for the domain and in need of a higher dosage of treatment and greater services.
Skills related to education and employment are necessary for a stabilized lifestyle.
Clients lacking these skills are considered at high risk and need a higher dosage of treatment and greater services. The clinical criteria are applied to a profile that determines the matching decision. The CMP domains are not scored in the sense of being summated. Thus, a designation of high risk in any of the items is interpreted as an indication of high risk for the entire domain. The application of the profile is described briefly below.