Free CME/CE Credits through Medscape®   VIDEO CASES: Helping Patients Who Drink Too Much New, interactive, engaging course with four 10-minute, realistic video cases

• Handouts for downloading
• Publications for the public in English and Spanish

 Clinician Support and Training

The Guide

• Helping Patients Who Drink Too Much: A Clinician's Guide,Updated 2005 Edition [PDF]
  (34 pages; includes 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]

Medications update

• Prescribing Medications for Alcohol Dependence (Updated December 2007)

Forms for downloading

• Screening instrument: The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
  • in English and en Español
• Assessment support materials
  • Assessment Support
• Pre-formatted progress notes and templates
  • Baseline and followup progress Notes
  • Medications management support templates 
• Medication wallet card form
  • Wallet Cards (fits Avery® templates 8371, 8372, 8373, 8376, and 8377)
• Patient drinking diary forms
  • Month-at-a-glance calendar
    

PowerPoint™ slide show

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.

• PowerPoint™ show:
  "Using the NIAAA Clinician's Guide"

 
Manuals from Project COMBINE

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.

• Medical Management Treatment Manual
• Combined Behavioral Intervention Manual (order form)

Other publications for professionals

• Alcohol Alerts
• Alcohol Research & Health
• Professional Education Materials

 Patient Education

Handouts for downloading:

• Strategies for Cutting Down
  • in English and Español
• What's a Standard Drink?
  • in English and Español
• U.S. Adult Drinking Patterns
  • in English and Español

Publications for the public

• English
• Español