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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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Center on Rural Addiction: Resources

This website has a variety of resources, including recorded webinars, slides, guides, and other tools, for rural practitioners working with patients with substance use disorders.

Format
Curriculum
Webinar/Video
Website
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Source
Center on Rural Addiction, University of Vermont (UVM CORA)
Year
Resource Type
Website

CMS Behavioral Health Strategy

Summarizes the goals, objectives, and supporting activities of the CMS Behavioral Health Strategy, which aims to support a person's whole emotional and mental well-being through covering multiple elements, including access to prevention and treatment services for substance use disorders, mental health services, crisis intervention, and pain care
Format
Website
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Policymakers
Organizational Leadership
Source
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Year
Resource Type
Website

Coding for Screening and Brief Intervention Reimbursement

This web page outlines guidance from SAMHSA related to reimbursement for screening and brief intervention through insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid.

Format
Website
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Organizational Leadership
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Year
Resource Type
Website

Combating a Crisis by Integrating Mental Health Services and Primary Care

Describes the needed paradigm shift towards behavioral health integration with primary care and discusses key policy and financing challenges to behavioral health integration
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Policymakers
Organizational Leadership
Source
Harmon GE, et al., Health Affairs
Year
Resource Type
Website

Costs and Implementation Effectiveness of Generalist Versus Specialist Models for Adolescent Screening and Brief Intervention in Primary Care

Study analyzing the marginal service and program costs of two models of implementation of adolescent screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment finding the generalist setting to be more cost-effective than specialist care
Format
Journal Article
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Organizational Leadership
Source
Barbosa C, et al.
Year
Resource Type
Article

COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Harm Reduction Services: An Environmental Scan

Report that offers a literature review and summary of 21 key informant interviews with harm reduction staff from across the United States

Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Communities
Graduate Education
Medical Providers
Organizational Leadership
Other Team Members
Policymakers
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Source
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
4.4 MB

Designing, Implementing and Sustaining Physical Health-Behavioral Health Integration: The Comprehensive Healthcare Integration Framework

Framework that guides the implementation of integration of physical and behavioral health for all child and adult populations. Framework can be used by any provider in a broad range of settings and organizations
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Policymakers
Organizational Leadership
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Source
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
1.1 MB

Digital Health Interventions to Enhance Prevention in Primary Care: Scoping Review

Review that identifies and describes the scope and use of current digital health interventions in primary care settings, including apps that can be used for substance use disorders
Format
Journal Article
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Organizational Leadership
Source
Willis VC, et al.
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Effectiveness of Digital Interventions for Preventing Alcohol Consumption in Pregnancy: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Systematic review that aims to evaluate the effectiveness of digital interventions (i.e., computers, mobile apps, and text messaging services) during pregnancy suggesting computer/internet-based interventions are an effective platform for preventing alcohol consumption among pregnant women and women planning to become pregnant
Format
Journal Article
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Organizational Leadership
Source
Oh SS, et al.
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
772 KB