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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Subst Abus. 2011 Oct;32(4):180–190. doi: 10.1080/08897077.2011.600122

Table 3.

Among those who reported having professional licensure, type of licensure by treatment modality

Total Respondents
(N=730)
Detoxification
(n=92)
Long-Term
Residential
(n=220)
Methadone
(n=140)
Outpatient
(n=278)

Characteristic n % n % n % n % n %
AOD Counselor 259 36 40 15 102 39 51 20 66 25
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) 180 25 16 9 47 26 32 18 85 47
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) 123 17 11 9 25 20 17 14 70 57
Clinical Psychologist 34 5 5 15 6 18 5 15 18 53
Nurse 34 5 13 38 4 12 16 47 1 3
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) 16 2 0 0 8 50 2 13 6 38
Rehabilitation Counselor 9 1 2 22 1 11 3 33 3 33
Clergy 8 1 2 25 3 38 1 13 2 25
Physician (MD/Psychiatrist) 7 1 1 14 0 0 4 57 2 29
Physician's Assistant 2 <1 0 0 1 50 1 50 0 0
Prevention Specialist 2 <1 0 0 1 50 0 0 1 50
Other 43 6 2 5 17 40 4 9 20 47

NOTES: Values are number and percent, unless noted otherwise. Percentages are the row percent.

Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding (rounded to nearest whole number), and were calculated excluding missing values (N=13).