Unhealthy Alcohol Use Tools & Resources

Describes the feasibility and acceptability of myTAPS among primary care patients

Includes tools for practice facilitators on topics such as ways to engage practices, quality improvement work, and administrative tools

A trial of 3 SBIRT care modalities that demonstrated that adolescents who received SBIRT by either a primary care pediatrician or behavioral clinician were less likely to have substance use disorder diagnoses at 1 and 3 years

Study of health care utilization after implementation of SBIRT in primary care, which finds that the costs of implementing SBIRT would be offset by reduction in health care utilization

An overview of alcohol-induced blackouts, including the different types, causes, and associated consequences

SBIRT Colorado video describing the importance of fidelity monitoring in implementing SBIRT in clinical practice and how to use the SBIRT proficiency checklist

This study aimed to systematically review and synthesize the research evidence about the efficacy of mHealth interventions on various health outcomes for consumer self-control of unhealthy alcohol use and to identify the core components to achieve these outcomes

Module that includes an overview of substance use disorders;discusses neurobiological responses to substances, theories that explain the disorders, and integrated care for substance use disorder

Describes 12-step programs and how providers can help their patients get to and best use these programs, including patients taking medications for substance use disorder; up to 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (TM) for continuing education

Discusses the importance of language when discussing substance use and reviews ways to improve language used during clinical encounters to improve patient care