With a brief intervention, you can help patients who drink too much to cut back or quit alcohol use as needed.| www.niaaa.nih.gov
Searching for alcohol treatment can be overwhelming. The Navigator will help you focus your search to find higher quality treatment, which can increase the odds of success.| NIAAA Alcohol Treatment Navigator
Find answers to common questions about alcohol use disorder, alcohol treatment, and how to search for treatment providers.| NIAAA Alcohol Treatment Navigator
Alcohol screening and brief intervention ranks highly among effective preventive services based on its cost-effectiveness and potential to reduce clinically preventable burden. Screening for heavy drinking can be done easily and effectively if you make it a routine part of care and use a brief tool recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force that identifies people with unhealthy alcohol use.| www.niaaa.nih.gov
Takeaways You can maximize patient choice and outcomes by offering a full menu of evidence-based treatment options. Approaches for treating alcohol use disorder (AUD) include behavioral health treatments, FDA-approved AUD medications, and mutual support groups, or a combination of any of these. Behavioral health treatments for AUD can bring lasting positive change.| www.niaaa.nih.gov
For some patients, alcohol treatment referral may not be a single event but instead part of an ongoing process of engagement. You can help patients surmount barriers to following through on a treatment referral by countering the effects of stigma, conveying that treatment can be effective, and offering a range of choices for care.| www.niaaa.nih.gov