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Substance Use Tools & Resources   

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This collection of tools and resources is for providers, staff, and patients who offer or use services to address substance use, and other interested stakeholders. This collection was originally established following an environmental scan on implementing medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD) in rural primary care. (See PDFs of Volume 1 [PDF 0.69 MB] and Volume 2 [PDF 1.28 MB] of that scan). Items have been continuously added to this collection since then, and the collection has expanded to cover substance use more broadly, rather than just MAT for OUD.

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CMS Cross Cutting Initiative: Behavioral Health

The document reviews CMS's behavioral health priorities. Highlights include expanding telehealth access, promoting school-based services, contingency management programs, the making care primary (MCP) care model for rural communities
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
States
Communities
Behavioral Health Providers
Schools
Source
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
204 KB

Guide to Equity in Behavioral Health Care

The guide discusses existing behavioral healthcare services in the United States and highlights barriers to care, stigma, and discrimination that exist. It also notes the overdose epidemic and services in place to combat it.
Format
Guide
Audience
Policymakers and Payers
States
Behavioral Health Providers
Source
Urban Institute
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
293 KB

Innovative Uses of Technology to Enhance Access to Services Within the Crisis Continuum

This paper focuses on the potential that technological innovations have in making behavioral health crisis services more accessible and equitable across the United States and includes case studies from states and providers who were early adopters of leveraging technology to facilitate crisis care.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
States
Policymakers and Payers
First Responders
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
1362 KB

Digital Therapeutics (DTx) Product Library

To help key stakeholders understand and differentiate digital therapeutics from the thousands of other mobile health apps that are available, this library highlights evidence-based innovative digital therapeutics products.
Format
Web Page
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Patients
Policymakers and Payers
Source
Digital Therapeutics Alliance (DTA)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Digital Therapeutics in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders: State of the Science and Vision for the Future (webinar)

This webinar reviews the state of the science of digital therapeutics for behavioral health and timely opportunities to scale up access to digital health tools, including those related to substance use, via multiple paths to deployment around the world.
Format
Webinar/Video
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Northwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network (ATTC)
Year
Resource Type
Video

mHealth Index & Navigation Database (MIND)

This webpage provides a library of mental health apps, including those related to substance use, and provides evaluations based on the American Psychiatric Association's App Evaluation Model.
Format
Digital Therapeutics
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Patients
Communities
Source
Division of Digital Psychiatry at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Year
Resource Type
Web Page