Unhealthy Alcohol Use

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

An adaptive brief intervention for individuals with alcohol use disorder

Provides information about unhealthy alcohol use, and includes the AUDIT-C screening tool, tips for cutting down on alcohol use, and additional resources

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

Reviews screening instruments, brief interventions, and implementation of SBIRT among girls and women to help inform best practices

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

Encourages medical assistants to take an active role and serve as champions for screening, brief intervention for alcohol use in primary care settings

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