Resource Guide: Screening for Drug Use in General Medical Settings

Screening Information:

• Henry-Edwards, S.; Humeniuk, R.; Ali, R.; Poznyak, V.; and Monteiro, M. 
  The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST):
  Guidelines for Use in Primary Care. 
  Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization (WHO), 2008. 
  Available at: http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/activities/en/Draft_The_ASSIST_Guidelines.pdf (PDF, 246KB).
• Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. 
  Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) for Trauma Patients: 
  Committee on Trauma Quick Guide.
  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 
  DHHS Publication No. (SMA) 07-4266. 
  Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2007.
  Available at: http://www.samhsa.gov/csatdisasterrecovery/featuredReports/01-alcohol%20SBI%20for%20Trauma%20Patients.pdf (PDF, 8.2MB).
• Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. 
  A Guide to Substance Abuse Services for Primary Care Clinicians. 
  Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) 
  Series, Number 24. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 
  DHHS Publication No. (SMA) 97–3139. 
  Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1997.
  Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK14386.

Brief Intervention Instruction and Additional Information:

• World Health Organization. Brief Intervention for Substance Use: A Manual for Use in Primary Care
  http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/activities/en/Draft_Brief_Intervention_for_Substance_Use.pdf (PDF, 168KB).

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

• Helping Patients Who Drink Too Much: A Clinician’s Guide
  http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/Practitioner/CliniciansGuide2005/clinicians_guide.htm.

SAMHSA's Treatment Facility Locator:

• Searchable directory of drug and alcohol treatment programs around the country that treat drug abuse, alcoholism, and alcohol abuse problems.
• Simply enter an address into the "quick search" feature, and you will see a list of substance abuse treatment facilities closest to the address. Additional instructions available at http://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/images/loc_short.pdf (PDF,  1.1MB)

NIDA's National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials

• Network List of Associated Community Treatment Programs

Resources on Certification in Office-Based Buprenorphine:

• http://buprenorphine.samhsa.gov/howto.html.