Unhealthy Alcohol Use Tools & Resources

Guides physicians in the use of medications to help patients abstain from alcohol use; describes how medications work, whom they benefit, and side effects for 3 FDA-approved medications: acamprosate, disulfiram, and naltrexone

A 2-question tool that helps providers assess patient readiness for behavior change using a 1-10 scale

Overview of the NIAAA Helping Patients Who Drink Too Much guide for primary care physicians to address UAU in patients

A validation study of the single item screening test for UAU, recommended by NIAAA

Model for translating research into practice using concepts from the areas of quality improvement, chronic care, diffusion of innovations, and measures of the population-based effectiveness of translation

Discusses an intervention in which implementing SBI for UAU was associated with decreased blood pressure in hypertensive primary care patients

Manual designed for public health professionals with information, skills, and tools needed to support professionals in conducting SBI to help at-risk drinkers reduce their alcohol use to a safe amount or stop drinking

Article that describes a conceptual framework for guiding and studying practice improvement to help make care transformations; may also be helpful for testing interventions and recruiting medical practices for quality improvement

Helps healthcare providers integrate motivational interviewing with patients and provides tools to enhance providers' ability to assist patients with healthy decision making

Concludes that alcohol screening and brief intervention in medical settings offers an economic benefit to health care costs