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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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SAMHSA Training Requirements (MATE Act) Resources

This SAMHSA page includes information on 2023 training requirements that eliminated the DATA waiver that was previously needed to prescribe buprenorphine and expanded the number of DEA-registered practitioners able to treat people with opioid use disorder.
Format
Web Page
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Screen4Success

In partnership with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminstration's (SAMHSA)'s "Talk. They Hear You." campaign, this screener helps parents and caregivers better understand the health, wellness, and wellbeing of their children, by identifying areas that may benefit from more support and allows parents and caregivers to meet their kids where they are in these areas.
Format
Instrument/Protocol
Audience
Families
Patients
Children
Source
Screen4Success
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Stepping In When Your Child Is Using Substances

This guide provides advice for parents on how to get started before talking to their child about substance use, how to prepare for the conversation, interevention strategies and sample dialogues, the do's and don'ts for a good conversation, and ways to help their child change their behavior.
Format
Guide
Audience
Families
Patients
Children
Source
Partnership to End Addiction
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Suggesting Treatment to a Loved One

This fact sheet includes several tips for suggesting that a loved one receive treatment for substance use.
Format
Fact Sheet/Brochure
Audience
Families
Communities
Schools
Source
Partnership to End Addiction
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

The Clinical Practice Guideline on the Management of Stimulant Use Disorder (PDF - 1.9 MB)

This guideline provide evidence-based strategies and standards of care for the treatment of stimulant use disorders, stimulant intoxication, and stimulant withdrawal, as well as secondary and tertiary prevention of harms associated with stimulant use.
Format
Guide
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) / American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP)
Year
Resource Type
PDF

What are Opioids?

This fact sheet includes a basic description of opioids, a brief explanation of the risks, ways to prevent misuse, and strategies to helped loved ones who may be struggling with substance use disorder.
Format
Fact Sheet/Brochure
Audience
Patients
Families
Communities
Schools
Source
Partnership to End Addiction
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

What are Stimulants?

This fact sheet includes a basic description of stimulants, a brief explanation of the risks, ways to prevent misuse, and strategies to helped loved ones who may be struggling with substance use disorder.
Format
Fact Sheet/Brochure
Audience
Patients
Families
Communities
Schools
Source
Partnership to End Addiction
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

What is Fentanyl?

This fact sheet includes a basic description of fentanyl, a brief explanation of the danger, and strategies to helped loved ones who may be using or at risk of using fentanyl.
Format
Fact Sheet/Brochure
Audience
Patients
Families
Communities
Schools
Source
Partnership to End Addiction
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

A Practical Research Agenda for Treatment Development for Stimulant Use Disorder - Meeting Summary: May 2022 (PDF - 674 KB)

This document summarizes a discussion from a workshop where experts examined the evidence for candidate endpoints and study design strategies for clinical trials of stimulant use disorder treatments.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Addiction and Mental Health Mobile Apps Directory (PDF - 884 KB)

This document provides a directory of mobile applications (apps) that may be used as aids in mental health or addiction conditions.

Format
Guide
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Knowledge Exchange - Provincial Addiction & Mental Health
Year
Resource Type
PDF