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Alcohol

Digital Tour: Rethinking Drinking by NIAAA

Written by Jessica Williams | March 29, 2018

An overview of the NIAAA’s “Rethinking Drinking” brochure and website. [button link=”https://www.rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov/”]View the full site[/button]

Digital Tour: CDC Guide to SBIRT for Primary Care

Written by Jessica Williams | March 29, 2018

Planning and Implementing Screening and Brief Intervention for Risky Alcohol Use: A Step-by-Step Guide for Primary Care Practices This guide provides detailed steps and resources to help staff in any primary care practice implement alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI). It includes information on risky alcohol use, its effects on health, and how it can […]

Digital Tour: Alcohol Screening for Youth

Written by Jessica Williams | March 29, 2018

An introduction to the NIAAA’s “Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for Youth – A Practitioner’s Guide.” [button link=”https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/clinical-guides-and-manuals/alcohol-screening-and-brief-intervention-youth”]View the full guide[/button]

Motivational Interviewing – Good Example

Written by Jessica Williams | March 29, 2018

Motivational interviewing helps clients explore and resolve ambivalence. In this two-part video series, Alan Lyme shares a good and bad example of conducting motivational interviewing in the same simulated scenario. Alan Lyme, LISW, MAC, brings respected and innovative clinical and program management skills as the Director of Training for the Phoenix Center in Greenville, South […]

Motivational Interviewing: A Bad Example

Written by Jessica Williams | March 29, 2018

Motivational interviewing helps clients explore and resolve ambivalence. In this two-part video series, Alan Lyme shares a good and bad example of conducting motivational interviewing in the same simulated scenario. Alan Lyme, LISW, MAC, brings respected and innovative clinical and program management skills as the Director of Training for the Phoenix Center in Greenville, South […]

Treatment Improvement Protocols (TIPs) by SAMHSA

Written by Jessica Williams | March 28, 2018

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) publishes a series of best-practice manuals for the treatment of substance use disorders and other related topics. The 60+ Treatment Improvement Protocols (TIPS) are available for download online, or can be ordered in print.

NFA Webinar Series: Brief Interventions for Alcohol Use: Particularly Effective for Hispanic Patients?

Written by Jessica Williams | June 25, 2016

**Please note, we do not provide CEUs for viewing recorded webinars. If you are interested in receiving CEUs, you can view and register for our upcoming webinars here.** Description In general, we know that brief interventions in medical settings can reduce risky alcohol use, but do certain groups benefit more? A new study suggests that brief […]

Alcohol Use and Trauma Patients: Opportunities to Change Lives

Written by Jessica Williams | April 14, 2016

**Please note, we do not provide CEUs for viewing recorded webinars. If you are interested in receiving CEUs, you can view and register for our upcoming webinars here.** Description Learning Objectives: 1. Identify SBIRT (Screening & Brief Intervention and Referral for Treatment) as a system change initiative in the context of trauma. 2. Understand the continuum of […]

Alcohol: The Way You Define the Problem Influences Your Solution

Written by Jessica Williams | March 9, 2016

**Please note, we do not provide CEUs for viewing recorded webinars. If you are interested in receiving CEUs, you can view and register for our upcoming webinars here.** Description The advent of clinical trials and alcohol epidemiology in the middle of the last century has led to an explosion of knowledge about alcohol’s effects on individual […]

Rollout of new Joint Commission Measures for Alcohol- and Tobacco-related Inpatient Care at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Written by Jessica Williams | October 15, 2014

**Please note, we do not provide CEUs for viewing recorded webinars. If you are interested in receiving CEUs, you can view and register for our upcoming webinars here.** Description The Pittsburgh VA adopted new hospital accreditation and performance measures for inpatient screening for alcohol and tobacco use, brief intervention, referral to treatment, and follow-up. Implementation of […]

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