Email UpdatesVirtual Course: AUDIT-SBI in Primary Health Care
Virtual course that trains health professionals in implementing the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) and corresponding screening and brief interventions (SBI) in primary care
Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)
Help with the implementation of an SBIRT approach.
The Need for Electronic Health Records to Support Delivery of Behavioral Health Preventive Services
Describes the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) initiative to improve primary care management of unhealthy alcohol use (UAU), and highlights needed changes in electronic health record systems to improve screening and counseling for UAU as well as meet the National Academies' digital health recommendation for information technology that best serves patients and care teams
The Importance of Alcohol Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment in Closing the Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment Gap
Provides research and support for the use of alcohol screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT), by providers across the health care spectrum to prevent or reduce alcohol misuse among their patients
Telehealth Has Played an Outsized Role Meeting Mental Health Needs During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This issue brief analyzes telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic and discusses how telehealth has improved access to mental health and substance use services.
ONDCP Announces Reports on Improving Telehealth Services for Substance Use Disorder
Discusses the current state of telehealth in the United States based on Federal and State policies, the benefits and challenges related to implementation of telehealth, and policy opportunities to improve these services in the future
Strengthening Behavioral Healthcare to Meet the Needs of Our Nation
Describes how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is implementing strategies to ensure patients are receiving health care services to meet their behavioral health needs and how CMS is working to meet the goals of President Biden's "Strategy to Address our National Mental Health Crisis"
Practice Considerations: Use of the SBIRT Model Among Transgender & Nonbinary Populations
This resource provides guidance for using the screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) model to identify and treat substance use disorders with transgender and nonbinary populations and offers considerations for providers implementing this model.
Payment and Financing for Substance Use Screening and Brief Intervention for Adolescents and Adults in Health, School, and Community Settings
Reviews literature on payment options for screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment and their barriers and facilitators in various settings
How States Are Leveraging Payment to Improve the Delivery of SUD Services
This toolkit discusses Medicaid payment strategies in Arizona, New York, Oregon, and Pennsylvania that are being used to improve the delivery of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment for patients insured through Medicaid.
Patient-Level Interventions to Reduce Alcohol-Related Harms in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Summary
Systematic review examines literature on interventions and their efficacy in reducing alcohol use in low- and middle-income countries, with brief interventions and motivational interviewing techniques having the most consistently positive impact on patient outcomes