Substance Use Tools & Resources    

This guide presents three evidence based practices that engage and improve outcomes for youth and young adults with co-occurring SED/SMI and substance misuse or SUD. These approaches will assist clinicians, behavioral health organizations, primary care providers, schools, insurers, transformation experts, and policy makers to understand, select, and implement evidence-based interventions that support youth and young adult mental health. These include psychosocial interventions, family behavioral therapy, medication, proactive outreach, and use of web-based and other technologies.

This research report provides information on the state of the science in the comorbidity of substance use disorders with mental illness and physical health conditions.

This revised version of the CRAFFT screening tool incorporates changes that enhance the sensitivity of this well-validated and widely-utilized adolescent substance use screening tool to accurately identify adolescents at risk for a substance use disorder. It also presents new recommended clinician talking points, informed by the latest science and clinician feedback.

This toolkit provides steps and resources such as webinars, worksheets, and workflow examples for implementing screening for substance use disorders into family planning visits.

This guide will explans how to choose a screening tool for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs), provides recommendations and resources on how to administer the tools, recommends additional screening tools, presents an algorithm and response protocol, and briefly touches on establishing outside resources and referrals.

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.

A final recommendation statement from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on screening for unhealthy drug use.