We make available below topic-specific information you can share with your patients; resources for treating patients with a substance use disorder; level of care certification information; screenings, such as for a substance use disorder, or to identify potential health risks during and after a pregnancy; and toolkits from Mental Health America. We hope you find the below resources useful as you treat and support your patients.
Addiction can affect people of all ages and walks of life. Drug and alcohol use can lead to substance use disorder (SUD), a disease that chemically alters a person’s brain, making it difficult to quit using substances, despite understanding the harmful effects. Substance use disorder can cause significant impairment, including health problems, disability and difficulty meeting work, school and home obligations, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Humana strives to provide members with substance use services that can assist in recovery and support health in all areas of their life.
SAMHSA makes available guidance in the latest evidence-based screening and assessment approaches, interventions, and services for substance use. It is intended for behavioral health services providers, healthcare professionals, older adults, and people significant in the lives of these adults.
The Opioid Risk Tool (ORT) is a brief, self-report screening tool designed for use with adult patients in primary care settings to assess risk for opioid misuse among individuals prescribed opioids for treatment of chronic pain. The ORT can be administered and scored in less than 1 minute and has been validated in male and female patients but not in non-pain populations.
Mental Health America’s Mental Health Month toolkit provides free, practical resources to introduce mental health topics like recognizing warning signs, knowing the factors that can lead to mental health conditions, maintaining mental wellness, and seeking help for mental health.
Mental Health America’s Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) toolkit includes information and resources for specific BIPOC communities, calls to action, worksheets, and general resources for BIPOC individuals.
The term “BIPOC” is more recent and intentionally places Black and Indigenous communities apart from people of color as a way to acknowledge the unique characteristics and heightened inequities of these groups.
Mental Health America’s Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) toolkit includes information and resources for specific BIPOC communities, calls to action, worksheets, and general resources for BIPOC individuals.
In this toolkit, Mental Health America lists specific cultural groups, including:
The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) is an independent, nonprofit organization focused on advancing the quality of services providers use to yield best possible outcomes. CARF provides accreditation services worldwide at the request of health and human service provider.
Level of care certification by CARF is the only program of its kind to independently assess and verify the ability of providers to deliver substance use disorder treatment services to adults consistent with the levels of care described in The ASAM Criteria®.