Resources

Mary M. Ramos, Teddy Warner, Daisy V. Rosero, & Timothy P. Condon Ramos et al. explore the CHISPA (Cocaine, Heroin, IV drugs, Synthetic Pot, Pot, Alcohol) screening instrument which was developed to gather specific information on recent substance use experience to inform brief interventions for adolescents with positive CRAFFT screens.

Kristen L. Paquette, Laura A. Pannella Winn, Catriona M. Wilkey, Kathleen N. Ferreira, & Laura Rose W. Donegan While SBIRT has emerged as a promising public health framework and there is a growing body of research to support its use with adolescents, healthcare settings, schools, and community-based settings are slow…

AAP Clinical Report 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…

The enormous public health impact of adolescent substance use and its preventable morbidity and mortality show the need for the health care sector, including pediatricians and the medical home, to increase its capacity related to substance use prevention, detection, assessment, and intervention. The American Academy of Pediatrics published its policy…

Levy and Weitzman surveyed 527 adolescents presenting for routine medical care to assess whether they had experienced acute psychotic symptoms (anxiety, paranoia, or hallucinations) during or right after marijuana use. Most study respondents were female (71.2%) and non-Hispanic white (76.7%). 27.4% of respondents reported hallucinations, 33.6% reported paranoia or anxiety,…

Connors et al. examined the internal consistency and factor structure of an adapted form of the Drug and Drug Problems Perceptions Questionnaire (DDPPQ) to assess providers’ perceptions of adolescent substance use. Initial evidence suggests that the adapted DDPPQ is appropriate for use with pediatric providers. The adapted measure was deemed…

NORC at the University of Chicago created an Adolescent SBIRT Curriculum that offers skills-based training on Adolescent Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT). The curriculum includes an Instructor’s Toolkit and two web-based simulation programs – SBI with Adolescents and SBI with Adolescents: Comorbid Substance Use and Mental Health…

The Adolescent SBIRT checklist was designed to provide organizations with a detailed but flexible step-by-step guide for integrating SBIRT into routine health care. The checklist features ten key steps: (1) gain commitment from senior leadership, (2) build a strong multidisciplinary implementation team, (3) conduct organization workflow analysis, (4) develop a…

The School-Based Health Alliance’s Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) toolkit is a step-by-step guide for school-based health centers (SBHCs) that uses an innovative, evidence-based approach to addressing drug and alcohol use with adolescents. The toolkit is a web-based resource that includes comprehensive training tools for school-based health care…

This learning brief explores how the Hilton Foundation’s Initiative has advanced the knowledge base for adolescent SBIRT and discusses the Initiative’s contributions to youth substance use prevention policy and practice. The authors discuss findings including: successful implementation of the SBIRT framework in the settings that provide access to large numbers…