Substance Use Tools & Resources
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.
AHRQ Practice Facilitation Training Modules
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.
AHRQ's Behavioral Health Topic Page
This web page highlights AHRQ's Substance Use Collection and other resources to assist with the prevention and treatment of behavioral health problems in primary care settings, including data to quantify these challenges, tools and resources for screening and treatment, and funding for behavioral health research.
Be Prepared to Have the Difficult Conversation (Spanish Version) (PDF - 804.6 KB)
Beyond Labels - Do Your Best to Reduce Stigma
Billing and Financing
This page provides info on coding and billing for collaborative behavioral health care.
Bringing Alcohol and Other Drug Research to Primary Care
This course trains providers on evidence-based treatment options for opioid use disorders. It offers 2 continuing medical educations credits.
Buprenorphine Self-Start (PDF - 191 KB)
Buprenorphine/Naloxone Maintenance Treatment Information for Patient (PDF - .07 MB)
Provides an overview for patients about buprenorphine/naloxone maintenance treatment.
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.
