Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment

The enormous public health impact of adolescent substance use and its preventable morbidity and mortality highlight the need for the health care sector, including pediatricians and the medical home, to increase its capacity regarding adolescent substance use screening, brief intervention, and referr...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 2016-07, Vol.138 (1), p.1-1
Main Authors: Levy, Sharon J L, Williams, Janet F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Childrens health
Clinical medicine
Drug use
Home health care
Intervention
Medical screening
Pediatrics
Substance abuse treatment
Teenagers
Terminology
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Summary:The enormous public health impact of adolescent substance use and its preventable morbidity and mortality highlight the need for the health care sector, including pediatricians and the medical home, to increase its capacity regarding adolescent substance use screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT). The American Academy of Pediatrics first published a policy statement on SBIRT and adolescents in 2011 to introduce SBIRT concepts and terminology and to offer clinical guidance about available substance use screening tools and intervention procedures. This clinical report provides a simplified adolescent SBIRT clinical approach that, in combination with the accompanying updated policy statement, guides pediatricians in implementing substance use prevention, detection, assessment, and intervention practices across the varied clinical settings in which adolescents receive health care.
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.2016-1210