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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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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

SUD 101 Core Curriculum

The modules in the curriculum provide an overview of evidence-based practices in the prevention, identification, and treatment of substance use disorders and co-occurring medical and psychiatric conditions for a variety of populations.

Format
Curriculum
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Providers Clinical Support System (PCSS)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

The Clinical Practice Guideline on the Management of Stimulant Use Disorder

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
File Size
1.9 MB

A Practical Research Agenda for Treatment Development for Stimulant Use Disorder - Meeting Summary: May 2022

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
File Size
674 KB

Addiction and Mental Health Mobile Apps Directory

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
File Size
1.08 MB

CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain

Provides recommendations for clinicians providing pain care, including those prescribing opioids, for outpatients aged ≥ 18 years. It updates the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain - United States, 2016.

Format
Guide
Audience
Medical Providers
Source
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Year