Prevention of Substance Use Disorder

NEJM Knowledge+ Pain Management and Opioids module covers the latest practices for assessing and managing patients' acute and chronic pain, current guidelines on the appropriate use of opioids for pain management, and evidence-based strategies for recognizing and treating opioid use.

The Population Health Management Resource Guide for Behavioral Health helps providers and payers better integrate the delivery or management of behavioral health care and physical care. Implementing best practices from this guide improves access and outcomes for populations with behavioral health conditions.

The ACPA Resource Guide to Chronic Pain Management combines practical clinical experience and the most recent scientific information presented in an easy-to-read format for consumers and professionals.

The de Beaumont Foundation and Well Being Trust released an action guide for local leaders that emphasizes the urgency of addressing the growing mental health and addiction issues in their communities resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. “Supporting a Nation in Crisis: Solutions for Local Leaders to Improve Mental Health and Well-Being During and Post-COVID-19” includes more than 60 evidence-based policies, practices, and programs that can prevent further loss of life and livelihood from the nation’s growing mental health crisis.

The Opioid Prevention Campaign is a public health media campaign to help prevent adolescent substance use. The stress and uncertainty that surrounds COVID-19 has resulted in a rise in drug and alcohol use. Take action today to prevent opioid use disorder among teens and adolescents.

This Opioid Prevention Campaign toolkit translates the science of prevention into simple strategies parents and caregivers can incorporate into busy daily lives -- to do what we can to protect our kids from developing an addiction later in life.

This statement provides an overview of the effect of the opioid crisis on the mother-infant dyad and provide recommendations for management of the infant with opioid exposure, including clinical presentation, assessment, treatment, and discharge.

Our newly-released on-demand modules, informed by the field-tested Improving Adolescent Health: Facilitating Change for Excellence in SBIRT Change Package, is a call to action for providers to advance YSBIRT approaches. Access our free on-demand train

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. 

This guide supports health care providers, systems, and communities seeking to prevent substance misuse among young adults. It describes relevant research findings, examines emerging and best practices, identifies knowledge gaps and implementation challen