Training and Education About Substance Use Treatment

This brief explores COVID-19 policy changes related to access to medications for opioid use disorder and recommends changes to keep in place beyond the emergency period.

This webinar defines the spectrum of unhealthy alcohol use and compares therapeutic approaches, focusing on pharmacological treatment options, while also providing strategies for managing withdrawal, an especially important issue during COVID-19

Includes a series of training modules about unhealthy alcohol use (UAU) for primary care practices, covering topics such as SBIRT and medication-assisted treatment, team-based care for UAU, sustainability, implementation strategies, and clinical guidelines

Evidence-based resources and special considerations for treating youth with serious mental illness and/or substance use disorders, including alcohol use disorder

Strategies and lessons learned from five different States treating substance use disorder in federally qualified health centers

Demonstrates that academic detailing can be helpful, but that practice facilitation with tailored follow up is more effective for successful organizational change compared to academic detailing alone

The Health Resources & Services Administration funded Substance Use Warmline (855-300-3595, nccc.ucsf.edu) is pleased to offer confidential, free teleconsultation to clinicians on substance use evaluation and management

Offers interactive modules for practice facilitators with comprehensive and practical information about unhealthy alcohol use that can be applied to primary care practices

Describes randomized controlled trial that uses practice facilitation for implementing screening, counseling, and treatment for unhealthy alcohol use, proposing that practice facilitation can make changes related to managing unhealthy alcohol use within a practice

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