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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 - 609 KB) and Volume 2 (PDF - 1.3 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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State Approaches to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment across the Correctional Continuum (PDF - 1.02 MB KB)

This toolkit, informed by interviews with key leaders across several states, examines state policy actions at each of the intercept levels defined in the Sequential Intercept Model framework, and explores opportunities for states to successfully integrate treatment and prevention services across the behavioral health and criminal justice continuum.
Format
Toolkit
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Schools
Policymakers and Payers
States
Source
National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP)
Year
Resource Type
PDF

2019 National Survey On Drug Use And Health: Women (PDF - 4.5 MB KB)

These reports and detailed tables present estimates from the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), specifically pertaining to substance use among women.

Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Policymakers and Payers
States
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Framing Opioid Prescribing Guidelines for Acute Pain (PDF - 7.8 MB KB)

This guideline develops a framework to evaluate existing clinical practice guidelines for prescribing opioids for acute pain indications and recommends indications for which new evidence-based guidelines should be developed.
Format
Guide
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Year
Resource Type
PDF

MHA's Mental Health Test

Online screenings from Mental Health America (MHA) to quickly and easily determine whether someone is experiencing symptoms of a mental health condition.
Format
Web Page
Audience
Patients
Source
Mental Health America (MHA)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

The Prevention Coalition’s Role in Addressing Health Disparities (PDF - 420 KB KB)

This handout is designed to assist both newly formed and seasoned prevention coalitions to determine the who, what, and how to reduce health disparities as they implement substance misuse prevention programs.

Format
Fact Sheet/Brochure
Audience
Schools
Families
Policymakers and Payers
Patients
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Communities
Source
Pacific Southwest Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC)
Year
Resource Type
PDF

TIP 26: Treating Substance Use Disorder in Older Adults (PDF - 10.1 MB KB)

This updated Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) is designed to help providers and others better understand how to identify, manage, and prevent substance misuse in older adults.

Format
Guide
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Appropriate Use of Drug Testing in Clinical Addiction Medicine

Provides guidance about the use of drug testing in the identification, diagnosis, treatment and promotion of recovery for patients with or at risk of addiction. Links to additional resources, such as a pocket guide and a slide deck.

Format
Toolkit
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Source
American Society of Addiction Medicine
Year

Get Naxalone Now - Overdose Emergency Response Training

On online resource to train people to respond effectively to an opioid overdose emergency.

Format
Curriculum
Web Page
Audience
Communities
Families
First Responders
Patients
Source
Get Naxalone Now
Year
Resource Type
Web Page