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Primary Care and Mental Health: Overview of Integrated Care Models

Summarizes models of care for mental health in primary care settings, including using nurse practitioners to screen, diagnose, and treat common conditions such as alcohol use disorder. Nurse practitioners can take a continuing education test online after reading this article for a small fee

Promote Practice Change: Take Manageable Steps Toward Better Care

Outlines how practices can improve care for patients with unhealthy alcohol use, including four basic steps to build a system of care, and includes a chart demonstrating alcohol screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment as a top evidence-based clinical preventive service in terms of health impact and cost-effectiveness

Program Evaluation on the Use of the Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Process in Primary Care Physician Offices

Describes results of a program evaluation conducted with thousands of primary care physician practices in the State of Pennsylvania, recommending that practices identify SBIRT resources and support, conduct roundtable discussions with physicians, and establish SBIRT champions within their practice

Rates of Discontinuation and Non-Publication of Trials for the Pharmacologic Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

Identifies clinical trials on medication-assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder from ClinicalTrials.gov, finding that 12.6% involving pharmaceutical treatment were prematurely terminated and 39.1% had not published results

Quick Guide: MAT Use for Alcohol Use Disorder

This guide outlines the three Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved medications for opioid use disorder, including common brands, how they work, things to consider before prescribing, and questions to ask patients before prescribing it.

Pharmacotherapy for Adults With Alcohol-Use Disorders in Outpatient Settings: Systematic Review Update

An update to AHRQ's systematic review protocol on outpatient pharmacotherapy for adults with alcohol use disorder in April 2022

Pharmacotherapy for Adults With Alcohol Use Disorder in Outpatient Settings: Policymaker Summary

Summarizes research evaluating the efficacy, comparative effectiveness, and adverse effects of medications in adults with alcohol use disorder

Practical Assessment of DSM-5 Alcohol Use Disorder Criteria in Routine Care: High Test-Retest Reliability of an Alcohol Symptom Checklist

This study evaluates the test-retest reliability of a patient-report Alcohol Symptom Checklist questionnaire when it is used in routine care, including primary care and mental health specialty settings, suggesting that the Alcohol Symptom Checklist may be a valuable tool in supporting treatment and care of patients with alcohol use disorder

Practical Assessment of Alcohol Use Disorder in Routine Primary Care: Performance of an Alcohol Symptom Checklist

Examines the impact of implementation of an Alcohol Symptom Checklist in identifying primary care patients with alcohol use disorder, finding that checklists can be helpful with diagnosis and treatment

Office for the Advancement of Telehealth: Telehealth Programs

This web page provides telehealth resources and programs available through the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth in the HRSA, including grant programs and services available in rural areas.

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