Alcohol and Substance Use

This page offers links to the Alcohol and Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment Guideline and supporting material. Dates refer to the date the material or link was posted by CCGC.

Alcohol and Substance Use Guideline Materials

Alcohol and Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Guideline (July 2008)
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Supplement (August 2010)
Strategies for Implementing SBIRT in Clinical Practices (July 2008)
Frequently Asked Questions by Healthcare Providers (July 2008)
Medications for Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders (CORRECTED: May 2009)
Diagnostic Criteria for Substance Abuse and Substance Dependence (July 2008)
Resources for Healthcare Providers (July 2008)
References (July 2008)
Committee members (July 2008)
Clinician's Screening Tool (NIDA-Modified Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test or ASSIST): A web-based interactive tool to guide clinicians through a short series of questions and generate a substance involvement score based on the patient's responses. The tool also suggests the level of intervention needed. (June 2009)
NEW! CRAFFT Toolkit (June 2010) - The toolkit was adapted from the CRAFFT Toolkit developed by Massachusetts SBIRT. Health TeamWorks and SBIRT Colorado are grateful to our colleagues in MA for providing this resource. Includes information on confidentiality and referral issues specific to Colorado.
Brief Conversations Using Motivational Interviewing Techniques for the Primary Care Provider - videos (October 2009)

Brief Assessment Instruments

AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test) (July 2008)
AUDIT - Spanish (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test) (July 2008)
DAST-10© (Drug Abuse Screening Test) (July 2008)

Brief Intervention and Brief Therapy

Descriptions of Brief Intervention and Brief Therapy (July 2008)
Sample Brief Intervention (July 2008)

Free Learning Opportunities

In-office trainings

CCGC is offering free in-office trainings on its new alcohol and substance use guideline to Colorado healthcare providers. A physician facilitator will visit with your clinic staff over the lunch hour to introduce the guideline recommendations and practice how to have a brief conversation with patients about alcohol and substance use. CCGC provides lunch! To schedule an in-office training, please call Sara Schwankl at (303) 962-8979.

CME presentations

CCGC is offering free CME presentations on its new alcohol and substance use guideline to Colorado healthcare providers. To schedule a presentation, please call Sara Schwankl at (303) 962-8979.

Webcasts

CCGC, CHAMPS, and SBIRT Colorado are presenting a three-part webcast series on Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT). These webcasts and accompanying CME credit hours are provided free of charge to participants from CHAMPS Organizational Members and for all participants from Colorado.

Session 1 – “How to Implement Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment (SBIRT),” is now available as an online archive at: http://www.champsonline.org/Events/Distance_Learning.asp#SBIRT1

Session 2 – "Brief Intervention and Brief Therapy: Enhancing Treatment with the Non-Dependent User,"
presented by Anjali Nandi, MA, LAC, MAC, and Tracey Ayers, LPC, CAC III is now archived and available at: http://www.champsonline.org/Events/Distance_Learning.asp#archived

Session 3 – “Introduction to New Clinical Guidelines for Alcohol and Substance Use Screening and Brief Intervention” presented by Perry Dickinson, MD, Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Center is now archived and available at http://www.champsonline.org/Events/Distance_Learning.asp.

Funder

In 2006 the State of Colorado was awarded a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment to develop and implement screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) as a routine procedure within health service delivery systems. SBIRT is designed to target people with high-risk, non-dependent use and to provide effective strategies for intervention prior to the need for more intensive treatment. It emphasizes universal screening and very brief interventions for patients identified as needing some level of treatment for risky use of alcohol and other substances. The SBIRT Colorado initiative which is administered by the Division of Behavioral Health (formerly the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division) and managed by Peer Assistance Services, Inc. provided funds to CCGC to develop the alcohol and substance use guideline to increase awareness and use of SBIRT in healthcare settings throughout Colorado. For more information about SBIRT Colorado, go to www.improvinghealthcolorado.org.

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Questions?

For questions or concerns about the Alcohol and Substance Use Guideline, materials, and links, please contact CCGC at (720) 297-1681.