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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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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

Wound Care & Medical Triage for People Who Use Drugs and the Programs That Serve Them (PDF - 2.2 MB)

This comprehensive guide provides information and recommendations regarding general health, safer use practices, common viral, fungal, parasitic, and other injection-related infections, overdose and overamp, tapering, withdrawal, medications for opioid use disorder, and seeking medical care.

Format
Guide
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
First Responders
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
National Harm Reduction Technical Assistance Center (NASTAD)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Wounds, Withdrawal, and Overdose: What to Expect from Xylazine Drug Supply Adulteration

This 75-minute on-demand session from the ASAM 54th Annual Conference addresses the pharmacology, toxicology, diagnostic testing, and epidemiology of xylazine in exposures. The session includes didactic content, case-based narrative, review of literature, and panel discussion to review important topics about the emerging xylazine crisis in the US.
Format
Web-Based Course
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)
Year
Resource Type
Video

Xylazine Wound Care Factsheet (PDF - 395 KB)

Basic patient handout describing xylazine wound care from the California Department of Public Health

Format
Fact Sheet/Brochure
Audience
Communities
Families
Other Team Members
Patients
Source
California Department of Public Health
Year
Resource Type
PDF

(PCL-5) PTSD Checklist for DSM5 (PDF - 65.4 KB)

20-item checklist for PTSD that can be used to track PTSD symptoms over time. This scoring template was posted by Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU).

Format
Instrument/Protocol
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Source
Brush Education
Year
Resource Type
PDF

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

AHRQ Practice Facilitation Training Modules

Grade B

These are interactive training modules, each 20-30 minutes long, which provide practice facilitators opportunities to gain critical skills. They include videos of experienced practice facilitators who share insights and helpful hints.

Format
Web-Based Course
Audience
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Source
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page