Substance Use Tools & Resources    

Offers a 5-item screen that was designed for use in primary care and other medical settings and is currently used to screen for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans using VA healthcare. Includes an introductory sentence to cue respondents to traumatic events but does not include a list of potentially traumatic events.

Lists the benefits of registering with a prescription drug monitoring program.

Assists clinicians and administrators in implementing behavioral healthcare using telehealth by offering key considerations and examples of using telehealth for behavioral health

Assesses patients' treatment needs and whether they would be good candidates for office-based opioid treatment.

Provides a quick targeted screening in clinical and research settings with an 8-item measure.

Describes how to more effectively and safely manage patients seeking care for acute pain and encourages the clinician to carefully consider unintended consequences (abuse, misuse, overdose, addiction, and diversion) when prescribing opioids.

Provides a template for an agreement that describes the patient's responsibilities and commitment not to engage in certain activities.

Collaborative Care is a new way of doing medicine and requires an openness to creating a new vision that everyone supports. This step-by-step guide provides a broad overview of the major steps needed to successfully implement a Collaborative Care program.

These guidelines contain recommendations on the identification and management of substance use and substance use disorders for health care services which assist women who are pregnant, or have recently had a child, and who use alcohol or drugs or who have a substance use disorder.