Email UpdatesModule 2: Changing Language To Change Care: Stigma and Substance Use Disorder
Discusses the importance of language when discussing substance use and reviews ways to improve language used during clinical encounters to improve patient care
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Alcohol and Drug Use Disorders
Module that describes the basic concepts of alcohol and drug use disorders, including considerations for standard drink sizes, Screening for Substance Use Disorders/Alcohol Use Disorders, and an introduction to alcohol withdrawal management
Module 1: Overview of Substance Use Disorders
Module that includes an overview of substance use disorders;discusses neurobiological responses to substances, theories that explain the disorders, and integrated care for substance use disorder
Effectiveness of Brief Interventions in Primary Health Care Settings To Decrease Alcohol Consumption by Adult Non-Dependent Drinkers: A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews
Review of systematic reviews that evaluated the effectiveness of brief interventions in primary healthcare settings to decrease alcohol consumption in non-alcoholic adult drinkers; found that brief interventions have a moderate effect on reducing alcohol consumption people who consume excessive amounts of alcohol
A Comparison of the Efficacy of Brief Interventions To Reduce Hazardous and Harmful Alcohol Consumption Between European and Non-European Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
A systematic review that concludes that brief intervention is associated with reducing weekly alcohol consumption
Are We There Yet? A Review of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Implementation Fidelity Tools and Proficiency Checklists
A review of SBIRT fidelity tools and proficiency checklists, identifying heterogeneity among existing tools
Alcohol Screening and Brief Counseling in a Primary Care Hypertensive Population: A Quality Improvement Intervention
Discusses an intervention in which implementing SBI for UAU was associated with decreased blood pressure in hypertensive primary care patients
Development and Evaluation of Two Instruments for Assessing Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Competency
Discusses the development of the SBIRT Proficiency Checklist and the Clinical SBIRT Proficiency Checklist, which are intended to assess a provider's ability and competency in delivering SBIRT
UCLA-Tour of Motivational Interviewing
Online course for providers on the essential components of motivational interviewing; offers 4.0 hours of continuing education credit
Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment
Describes the SBIRT model, including validated, structured screening tools and components of implementing brief interventions with patients; also discusses approved treatments for substance use disorder and guidelines for referrals