Unhealthy Alcohol Use Awareness and Education

Finds that self-administered screening and screening at any primary care visit is associated with greater detection of high-risk alcohol use, and that clinics with more practice facilitation have greater implementation of the counseling script for those who screen positive

Summarizes discussions from a 2020 workshop exploring challenges and opportunities for providing care for people with mental health and substance use disorders in primary care settings

Compiles links to resources, tools, and information sheets aimed at helping primary care physicians integrate behavioral health services into patient care

Part of a webinar series featuring sustainable strategies for primary care practices working to integrate behavioral health during the COVID-19 pandemic

Presents challenges and opportunities for improving behavioral health (including alcohol use disorder) in rural communities, with examples of ways to better integrate behavioral health and primary care and examples of policies for addressing behavioral health disorders

Information about alcohol use disorder (AUD), medications used to treat AUD, and how AUD can be identified and treated in primary care

Provides detailed information on a wide variety of alcohol-related policies in the United States at both State and Federal levels

Describes facts about alcohol use related to COVID-19, with the aim to dispel common myths about alcohol use during the pandemic

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

A collection of tools and resources for managing unhealthy alcohol use in primary care, intended for use by providers, organizational leadership, other team members, and patients.