Helping Patients Who Drink Too Much: A Clinician's Guide
And Related Professional Support Resources
Contents
Clinician Support and Training
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- The Guide
- Medications update (10/08)
- Online training for CME/CE credits
- Forms for downloading
- PowerPoint™ slide show
- Manuals from Project COMBINE
- Other publications for professionals
Clinician Support and Training
The Guide
- Helping Patients Who Drink Too Much: A Clinician's Guide, Updated 2005 Edition [ PDF ]
- A Pocket Guide for Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention [ PDF ]
- Spanish Edition: Ayudando a Pacientes Que Beben en Exceso—Guia Para Profesionales de la Salud [ PDF ]
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Screening instrument:
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The Alcohol Use
Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in English and en Español
Assessment support materials:
- Assessment Support
- Baseline and followup progress notes
- Medications management support templates
- Wallet Cards (fits Avery® templates 8371, 8372, 8373, 8376, and 8377)
- Month-at-a-glance calendar
- Patient drinking diary forms (also see the tracking cards on the Rethinking Drinking Web site)
This 80-slide PowerPoint™ show helps instructors to present the content of the Guide to students and professionals in general medicine and mental health fields. It takes viewers step-by-step through the Guide's process for alcohol screening and brief intervention and showcases the helpful materials in the appendix. To access the slide views without animation, viewers may download a PDF version.
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PowerPoint™ show:
"Using the NIAAA Clinician's Guide"
Although designed with the research community in mind, these manuals hold a wealth of guidance for clinicians in general medical or mental health practices who wish to offer (1) medication management support for patients prescribed a medication for alcohol dependence or (2) state-of-the-art specialized alcohol counseling.
Other publications for professionals
Patient Education
Rethinking Drinking
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Rethinking Drinking booklet [PDF] and order form -- 16-page booklet describes risky drinking patterns and symptoms of a problem, and provides support and resources for making a change
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Rethinking Drinking Web site - provides interactive tools for assessing and changing risky drinking
National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services
