Resource Center: abuse

This is the American Society of Addiction Medicine's member directory which allows users to search by physician first name, last name, city, state, and specialty to find ASAM certified providers.

The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) promotes the quality and availability of community-based substance abuse treatment services for individuals and families who need them. CSAT works with States and community-based groups to improve and expand existing substance abuse treatment services under the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant Program. CSAT also supports SAMHSA’s free treatment referral service to link people with the community-based substance abuse services they need (From their Website).

The Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) is a drug use questionnaire that assesses problems and consequences related to drug (including prescription) misuse. Scoring and Interpretation information is provided at the end of this questionnaire.

Quitting tobacco is difficult because all forms of it—cigarettes, cigars and spit (chewing) tobacco—contain nicotine and nicotine is the agent in tobacco that's capable of causing addiction or dependence. However, you can quit once and for all. The reasons for quitting are simple: You'll lower the chances of having a heart attack, stroke or cancer, including oral cancer. A smoke-free environment is healthier for those around you. If you're pregnant, you'll improve your chances of having a healthy baby. And, the money spent on tobacco can be used on other things. (From Their Website)

This Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP), Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Buprenorphine in the Treatment of Opioid Addiction, provides consensus‐ and evidence‐based treatment guidance for the use of buprenorphine, a new option for the treatment of opioid addiction. The goal of this TIP is to provide physicians with information they can use to make practical and informed decisions about the use of buprenorphine to treat opioid addiction. These guidelines address the pharmacology and physiology of opioids, opioid addiction, and treatment with buprenorphine; describe patient assessment and the choice of opioid addiction treatment options; provide detailed treatment protocols for opioid withdrawal and maintenance therapy with buprenorphine; and include information on the treatment of special populations, e.g., pregnant women, adolescents, and polysubstance users. This TIP represents another step by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) toward its goal of bringing national leaders together to improve substance use disorder treatment in the United States. (From Their Website)

SOS is an alternative recovery method for those alcoholics or drug addicts who are uncomfortable with the spiritual content of widely available 12-Step programs. SOS takes a reasonable, secular approach to recovery and maintains that sobriety is a separate issue from religion or spirituality (From their Website).

The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) is an organization dedicated to increase access to and improve the quality of addiction treatment, educate physicians (including medical students and osteopathic students), other health care providers and the public, to support research and prevention, to promote the appropriate role of the physician in the care of patients with addiction, and to establish addiction medicine as a specialty (From their Website).

Nicotine Replacement Therapies (NRTs), when used with the behavior-related information on the other pages of this website, can help you increase your changes of quitting smoking permanently.

Family members of patients who have been prescribed buprenorphine for treatment of addiction often have questions about this treatment. This handout will provide answers to their questions.

Printable PDF version of the AUDIT substance abuse screening tool with information on how many points each answer response gets.