What does Differential mean?
The DSAT System was designed to identify how severely addicted an individual is (differentiating by addiction severity), and to be responsive to the needs of women versus the needs of men in treatment (differentiating by gender.) People referred to DSAT are initially screened to determine the degree to which they are dependent/addicted to alcohol and/or other drugs. According to how severely they are addicted, they are then referred to an intensity of treatment that matches the level of addiction severity, i.e. moderate and needing outpatient treatment, to severe and needing intensive outpatient to residential treatment.
