Unhealthy Alcohol Use Tools & Resources

Provides communities, clinicians, policymakers, and others with information and tools to incorporate evidence-based practices into their communities or clinical settings

Provides state-level information on laws addressing requirements that health plans provide the same levels of benefits for alcohol-related disorders as they do for medical and surgical conditions

Provides general information about telehealth, how to talk with a doctor about telehealth options; finding telehealth options through insurance, federally qualified health centers, and other sources; COVID-19 self-assessment tools; a digital telehealth directory and emergency hotlines

Provides general information about telehealth, how to talk with a patient about telehealth options; finding telehealth options through insurance, federally qualified health centers, and other sources; COVID-19 self-assessment tools; a digital telehealth directory and emergency hotlines.

Explains the Model for Improvement, a tool designed to help organizations accelerate improvement through two parts: 3 fundamental questions and the PDSA cycle

Offers information on ways to adopt the brief negotiated interview (BNI) in a practice, trainings, considerations for adopting BNI into clinical patient visits, and an example of how BNI was implemented in the Yale SBIRT Residency Training Program

IRETA webpage discussing the basics of addiction, including alcohol

Provides policymakers, State and local officials, and other community stakeholders with key questions to consider before engaging in efforts to increase access to MAT for addiction in their communities

Provides courses on how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders

Provides general information about telehealth, changes to policies during COVID-19, planning telehealth workflows, preparing patients for telehealth visits, billing and reimbursement, legal considerations, privacy and security, telehealth vendors and platforms, and best practices