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Unhealthy Alcohol Use Tools & Resources

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A collection of tools and resources for managing unhealthy alcohol use in primary care, intended for use by providers, organizational leadership, other team members, and patients.

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Conversation Guide for Delivering a Trauma-Informed Brief Intervention (PDF - 5.6 MB)

Acknowledges the link between childhood trauma and substance use disorders; offers information to providers on how to use a trauma-informed care approach while delivering brief intervention

Format
Guide
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Disulfiram (In: StatPearls)

Provides an overview of disulfiram for alcohol use, including indications, mechanism of action, administration, adverse effects, contraindications, and how to use it within an interprofessional health care team
Format
Other
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Stokes M, et al.
Year
Resource Type
Article

Effects of Brief Substance Use Interventions Delivered in General Medical Settings: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Systematic review looking at the effects of brief interventions for substance use delivered in general medical settings, finding that alcohol-targeted brief interventions may produce small reductions in drinking
Format
Journal Article
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Organizational Leadership
Other Team Members
Source
Tanner-Smith EE, et al.
Year
Resource Type
Article

Evaluation of Spin in the Abstracts of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Focused on Treatments of Alcohol Use Disorder

Evalutes the prescene of "spin," a biased way of reporting results, in the abstract of systematic reviews of pharmacotherapy for alcohol use disorder, finding "spin" in more than 40% of the abstracts identified, something physicians should be aware of
Format
Journal Article
Audience
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Policymakers and Payers
Behavioral Health Providers
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Source
Verble C, et al.
Year
Resource Type
Article

Evidence for the Effectiveness and Acceptability of e-SBI or e-SBIRT in the Management of Alcohol and Illicit Substance Use in Pregnant and Post-partum Women (PDF - 518 KB)

Reviews current evidence for the use of screening, brief intervention, and referral (SBIRT) to treatment delivered through mHealth technologies and explores implications of using mHealth to address alcohol use among pregnant and post-partum women
Format
Journal Article
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Source
Wouldes TA, et al.
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Factors Influencing the Implementation of Screening and Brief Interventions for Alcohol Use in Primary Care Practices: A Systematic Review Using the COM-B System and Theoretical Domains Framework (PDF - 1.1 MB)

Systematic review of studies identifying barriers and facilitators that influence implementation of screening and brief intervention for alcohol use in primary care settings
Format
Journal Article
Audience
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Organizational Leadership
Source
Rosário F, et al.
Year
Resource Type
PDF

First-Line Medications for the Outpatient Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder: A Systematic Review of Perceived Barriers

Systematic review exploring barriers for using medications for alcohol use disorder in outpatient clinical settings, showing that providers continue to lack knowledge about the use of medications and continue to experience stigma and barriers related to accessing medications
Format
Journal Article
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Source
Gregory C, et al.
Year
Resource Type
Article

Getting Candid: Framing the Conversation Around Youth Substance Use Prevention (PDF - 1.05 KB)

This guide and toolkit was created to support and empower youth-serving providers in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic to engage youth in substance use prevention conversations, including what not to say, and how to help young people connect with services when needed.

Format
Guide
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Year
Resource Type
PDF