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An Introduction Into Behavioral Health and Primary Care Integration

Presents information about the benefits of behavioral health and primary care integration for improving the health and well-being of communities, including a discussion about potential federal policy opportunities

Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

This website provides data and additional resources about the misuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs in the United States, including data from the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).

Alcohol Use Disorder: Pharmacologic Management

Reviews literature on medications for alcohol use disorder, including naltrexone, acamprosate, disulfiram, topiramate, and gabapentin

Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for Youth: A Practitioner's Guide

Offers guidance for health care professionals to quickly identify youth ages 9-18 at risk for alcohol-related problems

Adolescent SBIRT Learner's Guide

A comprehensive manual for educators and trainers, practitioners, and students to learn to conduct Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) with adolescents and young adults

Addressing Excessive Alcohol Use: State Fact Sheets

Summarizes statistics on alcohol use, such as number of deaths from excessive alcohol use each year, and policy solutions, such as raising taxes in each state

Adapting Evidence-Based Practices for Under-Resourced Populations

This guide focuses on research supporting adaptations of evidence-based practices (EBPs) for under-resourced populations. Adaptations involve tailoring care, programs, and services to the cultural, social, gender, and demographic contexts of the people served to yield positive outcomes.

Fentanyl Drug Checking and Screening: Roundtable on Community Perspectives Summary Report

These proceedings summarize the discussion from the harm reduction community roundtable and supplemental individual interviews, inclusive of representatives from national and local harm reduction organizations, state and local government agencies, tribal organizations, and researchers who have experience distributing fentanyl test strips (FTS) or are knowledgeable about FTS specifically or drug checking more generally.

2022 National Drug Control Strategy

This inaugural National Strategy proposes bold, targeted, and consequential actions to bend the curve on overdose deaths in the immediate term and reduce substance use and its damaging consequences in the US over the longer term.

Sitgma and OUD

Nurse Practitioner Vanessa Loukas, a PCSS expert, discusses the issue of stigma in treating patients with opioid use disorder (OUD)—from the patients to the providers who treat them.

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