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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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Perinatal Mental Health Integration Guide (PDF - 3.2 MB)

This implementation guide serves to provide other medical clinics seeking to integrate maternal mental health care into obstetric and/or pediatric settings with best practices for doing so.

Format
Guide
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Communities
Families
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Patients
Source
Maternal Mental Health NOW
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research-Based Guide (PDF - 1.2 MB)

Provides a general overview of the principles that characterize effective treatment for drug addiction and can be used to introduce staff and patients to this topic.

Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Families
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Patients
Source
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Reducing Risk of Misuse and Diversion (PDF - .43 MB)

Describes strategies to help reduce the potential for misuse or diversion of medication for SUD treatment.

Format
Fact Sheet/Brochure
Audience
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network
Year

reSET-O (PDF - 1.6 MB)

Supplements outpatient OUD treatment programs and serves as a training, monitoring, and reminder tool for healthcare providers and patients in maintaining an outpatient treatment program.

Format
Guide
Audience
Medical Providers
Source
Pear Therapeutics
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Respect and Dignity Key in Treating Substance Use Disorders

Patients in recovery from addiction and family members discuss the importance of having support and encouragement from the medical staff during treatment.
Format
Webinar/Video
Audience
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Providers Clinical Support System
Year
Resource Type
Video

Safer-Use Strategies: Uppers/Stimulants (PDF - 80.2 KB)

Tips to help people stay safer and healthier no matter how they choose to change your use.
Format
Instrument/Protocol
Audience
Communities
Patients
Source
The Harm Reduction Research and Treatment (HaRRT) Center at the University of Washington
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Screening and Assessments Tools Chart

Lists various screening and assessment tools for alcohol and drug use.
Format
Web Page
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Source
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Year

Securing Buy-In (PDF - .48 MB)

Provides strategies to build support for expanding the use of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and resources for securing buy-in.

Format
Fact Sheet/Brochure
Audience
Communities
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Policymakers and Payers
States
Source
Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network
Year

Sitgma and OUD

Nurse Practitioner Vanessa Loukas, a PCSS expert, discusses the issue of stigma in treating patients with opioid use disorder (OUD)—from the patients to the providers who treat them.
Format
Webinar/Video
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Families
Source
Providers Clinical Support System (PCSS)
Year
Resource Type
Video