Journal Article

Evaluates a new AAPPQ that uses person-centered language and addresses the spectrum of alcohol use, concluding that the 30-item instrument is a promising tool for assessing providers' attitudes toward unhealthy alcohol use without promoting negative biases

Describes randomized controlled trial that uses practice facilitation for implementing screening, counseling, and treatment for unhealthy alcohol use, proposing that practice facilitation can make changes related to managing unhealthy alcohol use within a practice

Reviews literature on the role of practice facilitators in settings aiming to deliver integrated behavioral health and primary care,

Identifies four steps that will help to ensure that a broader transition to telehealth will be successful in improving the health outcomes of patients with substance use disorders

Systematic review to evaluate the measures of effectiveness, efficiency, and quality that result from the utilization of telemedicine in the management of alcohol abuse, addiction, and rehabilitation

Explores the role of policy in integrating mental health and substance use treatment in medical care, including suggestions for future strategies to improve integration

Design considerations for a patient-centered system model, including a description of its utilization in an implementation of a patient-centered behavioral health integration into primary care

Mixed-methods research study that provides insights into the challenges and successes of behavioral health integration into primary care

Study of health care utilization after implementation of SBIRT in primary care, which finds that the costs of implementing SBIRT would be offset by reduction in health care utilization

Systematic review of studies identifying barriers and facilitators that influence implementation of screening and brief intervention for alcohol use in primary care settings