Implementation of Substance Use Treatment in Ambulatory Care

Consists of a comprehensive screening for substance use disorders (SUDs) and a brief assessment for those who screen positive.

Guides clinicians through a series of questions to identify risky substance use in their adult patients. Accompanying resources assist clinicians in providing patient feedback and arranging for specialty care, where necessary, using the 5 As of intervention.

Measures treatment outcomes across four domains: substance use, health risk behavior, physical and psychological health, and personal/social functioning.

Screens for drug and alcohol use with a commonly used 4-question tool.

Uses a semistructured interview to address seven potential problem areas in substance-abusing patients: medical status, employment and support, drug use, alcohol use, legal status, family/social status, and psychiatric status.

Assesses symptoms of anxiety using a 7-item questionnaire that asks whether the patient has experienced anxiety-related problems in the previous 2 weeks and the impact they have had on the individual's life.

Assesses substance use disorder (SUD) risk among adolescents 12-17 years old.

Explains how to use the CRAFFT tool, which consists of a series of 6 questions developed to screen adolescents age 14 and over for high-risk alcohol and other drug use disorders. Provides the resources needed to efficiently incorporate this tool, brief interventions, and referrals to treatment into routine adolescent visits.

Identifies potential problems with opioid abuse in the management of chronic nonmalignant pain within general medical practice. Includes questions on alcohol, marijuana, and cigarette use.

Provides a brief self-report instrument for population screening, clinical case finding, and treatment evaluation research to yield a quantitative index of the degree of consequences related to drug abuse.