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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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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

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

CDC Opioid Guideline Mobile App

Helps providers apply recommendations to clinical practice by putting the entire guideline, tools, and resources in an app. Includes a morphine milligram equivalent calculator, summaries of key recommendations, a link to the full guideline, and an interactive motivational interviewing feature to help providers practice effective communication skills and prescribe with confidence.

Format
Guide
Audience
Medical Providers
Source
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Year

College-Age & Young Adults and Substance Use

This NIDA web page incudes resources for students, parents, educators, dorm supervisors, counselors, clinicians, and researchers related to substance use in college-age adults ages 19 to 22.
Format
Web Page
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Patients
Families
Communities
Schools
Graduate Education
Source
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Drugs & the Brain Wallet Card  (PDF - 860 KB)

This tool is designed for people leaving criminal justice facilities and transitioning back to a less structured environment.
Format
Patient Form
Audience
Patients
Source
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Drugs & the Brain Wallet Card (Spanish) (PDF - 860 KB)

This tool, written in Spanish, is designed for people leaving criminal justice facilities and transitioning back to a less structured environment.
Format
Patient Form
Audience
Patients
Source
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Fast Stats

HCUP Fast Stats provides easy access to the latest HCUP-based statistics for health care information topics. It uses visual statistical displays in stand-alone graphs, trend figures, or simple tables to convey complex information at a glance. Fast Stats is updated regularly for timely, topic-specific national and State-level statistics.

Format
Instrument/Protocol
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
States
Source
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Integrating SUD and OB/GYN Care: Policy Challenges and Opportunities Final Report (PDF - 584 KB)

This report aims to address the treatment opportunities for pregnant and postpartum (or parenting) women (PPW) with substance use disorder (SUD) by describing opportunities to integrate obstetricians and gynecologists (OB/GYN) and SUD care as well as barriers to integrated care delivery.

Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Organizational Leadership
Other Team Members
Policymakers and Payers
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Source
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), Office of Behavioral Health, Disability, and Aging Policy (BHDAP)
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Key Substance Use and Mental Health Indicators in the United States: Results from the 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)

Based on 2022 and earlier NSDUH data, this report contains findings on a wide variety of key substance use and mental health indicators in the United States.

Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Margolis-FDA Workshop: Identifying Key Competencies for Opioid Prescriber Education

This was a two-day virtual public workshop (which can now be re-watched) that focused on identifying gaps in existing opioid prescriber education offerings and core competencies that should be included in educational content for opioid prescribers and other healthcare providers, including prescriber education under a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS).
Format
Webinar/Video
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Policymakers and Payers
Source
Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy / Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Year
Resource Type
Video