addiction – The Checkup

Improving Access to SBIRT

Improving Access to Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment in Primary Care for Adolescents: A Resource Center From the Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. (CHCS) Adolescence is often a period for risky behavior and experimentation with alcohol and drugs. An estimated 70 percent of high school students have tried alcohol and 49 percent of high school seniors have used an illegal drug at least once. As a population, adolescents are more vulnerable than adults are to addiction. Early identification of...

Substance Use and Pregnancy

According to a 2017 report by Texas Health and Human Services, the most commonly used substances by Texas women include stimulants, hallucinogens, opioids and synthetics, and alcohol. While use and misuse are an area of clinical concern when seen in any patient, it is of particular concern when seen in in the context of pregnancy. Prevention is a key intervention; for patients already using, intervention can occur on many levels including residential and ambulatory detoxification, outpatient and residential treatment settings,...

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