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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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Shatterproof National Principles of Care

These principles of care for addiction treatment are science-based practices which improve outcomes for individuals with a substance use disorder.
Format
Web Page
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Patients
Families
Source
Shatterproof
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR) Program

SAMHSA's SOAR program increases access to Supplemental Security Income/Social Security Disability Insurance (SSI/SSDI) benefits for eligible individuals who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness and have a serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorder.
Format
Web Page
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Communities
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS)

SUDORS provides comprehensive data on unintentional and undetermined intent drug overdose deaths collected from death certificates and medical examiner/coroner reports.
Format
Web Page
Audience
States
Policymakers and Payers
Communities
Source
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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

Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders by Race and Ethnicity, 2015-2019 (PDF - 473 KB)

This brief assesses whether and how rates of substance use and substance use disorder among adults differ by race and ethnicity using five years of data, 2015-2019, from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Policymakers and Payers
Source
Assistance Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) / U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health (OMH)
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Substance Use Confidentiality Regulations

General FAQs about substance abuse confidentiality regulations

Format
Web Page
Audience
Other Team Members
Policymakers and Payers
States
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
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

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

Telehealth for LGBTQ+ Patients

This web page presents best practices in treating individuals in the LGBTQ+ community via telehealth, including substance use disorder treatment.
Format
Web Page
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
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