Substance Dependency Intervention SBRIT

 

The Hilton SBRIT 

Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment Model

Hello Peer Supporters and survivors, 

The Screening, Brief Intervention and referral to treatment model was developed by researchers at the University of Chicago’s NORC program. The SBRIT is available for substance use and dependency for teenagers and adults in adapting skills to intervene and eliminate substance use, abuse and dependency.

What is the SBRIT?

The SBIRT model can be implemented and integrated into various healthcare settings, including federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), where nursing staff can deliver routine screenings and brief interventions in the primary care setting (Bachhuber et al., 2017).

What it is: 

Screening quickly assesses for the presence of risky substance use, follows positive screens with further assessment of problem use, and identifies the appropriate level of treatment.

Brief intervention focuses on increasing insight and awareness regarding substance use and motivation toward behavioral change.

Referral to treatment provides those identified as needing more extensive treatment with access to medications, primary care counseling or specialty care as needed by the patient.

Get more information from this project hosted by NORC at the University of Chicago Illinois

 

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Why it helps,

This is a model which has a step-by-step that the clinician or health care worker can simply implement and use until it becomes natural. The purpose of this model is to be most professional, least offensive and  support in guiding the individual (teens and adults) in making the right choice which will keep him/her/them on their path to recovery and restoration of healthier coping skills.

For Mental Health Professionals:

If this program is something that you and your team are interested in working with or implementing here is additional information + some resources

SAMHSA

What is SBIRT?

Can I get reimbursed?

Are there grants available?

https://www.samhsa.gov/sbirt/about

Stony Brook University Hospital

Program Tool for Participants of D.S.R.I.P. Project 4AII Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment of Suffolk Care Collaborative in SUNY Stony Brook University 

https://suffolkcare.org/sites/default/files/SBIRT%20Toolkit%20.pdf

Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Clearing House 

Adolescent SBIRT Toolkit for Providers

https://massclearinghouse.ehs.state.ma.us/PROG-BSAS-SBIRT/SA1099.html

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