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What is SBIRT and Why Use It
Rhode Island Student Assistance Services 2013 Conference Joe Hyde's presentation slides: introduce Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) as a comprehensive, integrated, public health approach to the delivery of clinically-preventative, early...
Overview of Dual Diagnosis Treatment
Rhode Island Student Assistance Services 2013 Conference Dr. John Rodolico's presentation slides: provide an introduction and foundation to motivational interviewing. Dr. Rodolico also presents the importance of client buy-in and desire to change.
Identifying and Treating Co-Occurring Disorders
Rhode Island Student Assistance Services 2013 Conference Pamela Messore's presentation slides: familiarize clinicians with identification and treatment of co-occurring disorders. Particular attention is given to Avis 1 diagnoses, teenage substance abuse, and both...
Opioid Overdose Prevention and Naloxone Distribution in Rhode Island
Michael A. Yokell, ScB, Traci C. Green, MSc, PhD, Sarah Bowman, MPH, Michelle McKenzie, MPH, and Josiah D. Rich, MD, MPH, 2011 This public access manuscript published in 2011 presents an overview and evaluation of a pilot overdose prevention program in Rhode Island....
Teenage Prescription Drug Abuse
Rhode Island Student Assistance Services 2013 Conference Dr. Michael Fiori's presentation slides: provide an overview of the similarities and differences in adolescent and adult substance abuse and the implications for treatment. Risk factors for substance abuse and...
Prevention Status Report 2013: Tobacco Use, RI
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014 This report highlights the status of select policies and practices that can help Rhode Island prevent or reduce smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke. These policies and practices include increasing state cigarette...
Prevention Status Report 2013: Prescription Drug Overdose, Rhode Island
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014 Deaths from prescription drug overdoses, particularly overdoses of prescription painkillers, have skyrocketed over the past decade. CDC and other agencies are working to identify and evaluate interventions to reduce...
Prevention Status Report 2013: Excessive Alcohol Use, Rhode Island
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014 This Prevention Status Reports highlight the status of Rhode Island policies and practices surrounding alcohol use and access, including: alcohol excise taxes, commercial host (dram shop) liability, and regulation of...
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