Unhealthy Alcohol Use

Resources that are part of the Unhealthy Alcohol Use environmental scan provided by NORC.

2022 National Drug Control Strategy

This inaugural National Strategy proposes bold, targeted, and consequential actions to bend the curve on overdose deaths in the immediate term and reduce substance use and its damaging consequences in the US over the longer term.

Integrating SUD and OB/GYN Care: Policy Challenges and Opportunities Final Report

This report aims to address the treatment opportunities for pregnant and postpartum (or parenting) women (PPW) with substance use disorder (SUD) by describing opportunities to integrate obstetricians and gynecologists (OB/GYN) and SUD care as well as barriers to integrated care delivery.

Workforce Implications of Behavioral Health Care Models: Final Report

Describes three promising behavioral health models to improve care and access for mental health and substance use disorders, including psychiatric mental health nurses, mobile technology, and using crisis services

Whole-Person Health Care: Integrating Mental and Behavioral Health Into Primary Care

Discusses successful strategies and approaches for integrating behavioral health into primary care in order to improve patient outcomes

What Can Primary Care Services Do to Help First Nations People with Unhealthy Alcohol Use? A Systematic Review: Australia, New Zealand, USA and Canada

Reviews 28 studies about alcohol treatments delivered in primary care settings, finding that trials of naltrexone and disulfiram had positive results, but that more studies are needed to assess the effectiveness of the full scope of alcohol treatment

Virtual Integrated Primary Care Teams: Recommendations for Team-Based Care

Provides recommendations to support integrated primary care teams, including behavioral health providers, in adapting to and sustaining virtual team-based care

Virtual Implementation Facilitation: Strategies for Successful Application

Sponsored by AcadmeyHealth, this workshop on virtual implementation facilitation reviews strategies for successful application

Using Telehealth to Expand Access to Essential Health Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Describes the landscape of telehealth services and provides considerations for healthcare systems, practices, and providers using telehealth services on offering virtual care during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic

Using Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention to Address Patients' Risky Drinking

Describes three steps to help family physicians seamlessly implement screening and brief intervention into their practice

Using a Health Information Technology Survey to Explore the Availability of Addiction Treatment Data in the Electronic Health Records: A National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network Study

Discusses a health information technology survey conducted to analyze information as it related to research based on electronic health records (EHR) for substance use disorders, finding heterogeneity within existing EHRs and common use of paper records

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