Email UpdatesAlcohol Use Disorder: Expanding Successful Treatment in Primary Care and Beyond
Information about alcohol use disorder (AUD), medications used to treat AUD, and how AUD can be identified and treated in primary care
Other Team Members
ex. Nurses, case managers, medical assistants, office managers
Alcohol Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for Girls and Women
Reviews screening instruments, brief interventions, and implementation of SBIRT among girls and women to help inform best practices
Alcohol Screening Using the USAUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, Adapted for Use in the United States): Implementation Guide
Provides information about the development and potential uses of the USAUDIT alcohol screening clinical decision support that can be integrated into electronic health record systems and other health information technology to help providers identify adults who should be screened for alcohol use
Alcohol Screening & Brief Intervention Inhibit Risky Alcohol Use
Encourages medical assistants to take an active role and serve as champions for screening, brief intervention for alcohol use in primary care settings
Alcohol Policy Information System
Provides detailed information on a wide variety of alcohol-related policies in the United States at both State and Federal levels
A Taxonomy for External Support for Practice Transformation
Development of a taxonomy of key domains that might comprehensively characterize any external support intervention that could be used by both external groups or researchers and healthcare leaders
"I Felt I Was Reaching a Point With My Health": Understanding Reasons for Engagement and Acceptability of Treatment Services for Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Primary Care
A qualitative study that examines primary care patients' reasons for engagement with, experience with, and acceptability of a primary care practice-based program for treating unhealthy alcohol use
Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Protocol TIP 63 (updated 2021)
May 2021, SAMHSA revised certain areas of all five parts of this TIP to bring the content up to date and make it as useful to readers as possible. These changes will help provide readers with the latest information needed to understand medications for opioid use disorder.
Advisory: Addressing Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Substance Use Treatment
This Advisory is based on TIP 50, Addressing Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Substance Abuse Treatment. It provides strategies for identifying and addressing suicidal thoughts and behaviors among individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs).
Advisory: Screening and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders among Adolescents
This Advisory is based on TIP 31, Screening and Assessing Adolescents for Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) and TIP 32, Treatment of Adolescents with SUDs. It includes recommendations for engaging adolescents in SUD risk assessment, screening, and treatment.