Unhealthy Alcohol Use

This tool outlines a framework for implementing adolescent SBIRT within primary care. The framework includes operational guidance for adopting strategies to create optimal conditions for change, as well as clinical areas for action for SBIRT implementation. 

Examines patient and provider experiences with SBIRT in an outpatient clinical setting, demonstrating support for implementing SBIRT in primary care settings

Compendium of strategies identified through the New Hampshire Youth SBIRT Initiative to help organizations implement SBIRT; based on review of other SBIRT guides and recommendations and experiences of implementers across different sites

Webinar that provides information about how pharmacotherapy can help support evidence-based treatment practices for alcohol dependence; reviews myths, opinions, and biases and the environment of addiction treatment; compares the 4 FDA-approved pharmacotherapies for alcohol dependence; enables participants to receive1.5 continuing education credits

Videos that demonstrate conducting BNI in an emergency department setting

Change guide for primary care providers on how to offer integrated care for patients with UAU;outlines nine changes, covering both clinical and organizational implementation

Describes the role of primary care in the management of substance use disorders in addition to State policy considerations when integrating SBIRT into primary care settings

Presents findings from clinical research projects that support integrating behavioral health in primary care settings

A trial of 3 SBIRT care modalities that demonstrated that adolescents who received SBIRT by either a primary care pediatrician or behavioral clinician were less likely to have substance use disorder diagnoses at 1 and 3 years

Estimates screening rates for obesity, tobacco, and alcohol misuse, and makes recommendations for primary care practices to increase screening