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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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USPTF Guideline on Screening for Illicit Drug Use (PDF - 483 KB KB)

This recommendation statement replaces the 2008 USPSTF recommendation, which concluded that the evidence at that time was insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for illicit drug use in adolescents and adults, including those
Format
Guide
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Aberrant Drug Taking Behaviors Information Sheet (PDF - 94.2 KB KB)

Provides examples of patient behaviors that may indicate prescription medication abuse or addiction and behaviors that may appear aberrant but are likely to be part of the normal process of stabilizing a patient's pain condition.

Format
Fact Sheet/Brochure
Audience
Medical Providers
Source
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Year

Adolescent Substance Use Screening Tools

Provides electronic screening tools for adolescent substance use that triage adolescents ages 12-17 into three levels of risk for SUD based on their report of past year use: no reported use, lower risk, and higher risk.
Format
Instrument/Protocol
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Source
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Year

Brief Screener for Tobacco, Alcohol, and other Drugs (PDF - n/a KB)

This screening tool consists of frequency of use questions to identify risky substance use by adolescent patients. The accompanying resources assist clinicians in providing patient feedback and resources for follow-up. This tool is meant to be used under
Format
Instrument/Protocol
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

NIDA Drug Use Screening Tool (PDF - 181 KB KB)

Guides clinicians through a series of questions to identify risky substance use in their adult patients. Accompanying resources assist clinicians in providing patient feedback and arranging for specialty care, where necessary, using the 5 As of intervention.

Format
Instrument/Protocol
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Source
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Year
Resource Type
PDF

NIDAMED: Medical & Health Professionals

Gives medical professionals tools and resources to screen their patients for tobacco, alcohol, illicit drug, and nonmedical prescription drug use. Includes resources such as an online screening tool, a companion quick reference guide, and a comprehensive resource guide for clinicians.
Format
Toolkit
Audience
Medical Providers
Source
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Year

Pain Management and Opioids Free Online CME Module

This module features more than 60 case-based questions on pain management, safer prescribing of opioid analgesics, and the recognition and treatment of opioid use disorder. To ensure the development of high-quality, unbiased content in this module, we partnered with experts at Boston University School of Medicine's Safer/Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain) program.
Format
Web-Based Course
Audience
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
NEJM Knowledge+
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Screening to Brief Intervention (S2BI)

Assesses substance use disorder (SUD) risk among adolescents 12-17 years old.

Format
Instrument/Protocol
Audience
Medical Providers
Source
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Year