AUDIENCE: INTRODUCTORY

Fundamentals of Addiction Medicine

Learn the basics of addiction, which covers how to screen, diagnose, treat and/or refer patients with addiction.

About the Resources

Explore a collection of resources below that have been especially selected and compiled to meet the needs of healthcare providers new to treating patients with addiction. The collection includes resources on: Neurobiology of Addiction; Screening and Assessment; Diagnosis and Treatment Planning; and Motivational Interviewing. The resources are meant to be a general guide on addiction-related topics.

Neurobiology of Addiction
Screening & Assessment
Diagnosis & Treatment Planning
  • MAT Advocacy Center (Advocacy Toolkit) Legal Action Center. Guidelines and helpful documents for Medication-Assisted Treatment for patients.
  • Benzodiazepines: How they work and how to withdraw, aka "The Ashton Manual" (Article) Newcastle University, The Institute of Neuroscience. A patient- and provider-centered resource to understand and taper benzodiazepines. This multi-chapter manual walks one through step-by-step for decreasing the use of benzodiazepines.
  • Prescribe to Prevent (Website) Prescribe to Prevent. Information for prescribing and dispensing naloxone rescue kits. 
  • Lifesaving Naloxone (Website) Center for Disease Control and Prevention The webpate provides comprehensive insights into naloxone, encompassing its definition, usage instructions, and supplementary resources and instructional videos.
Motivational Interviewing