Resource Library

This month, SAMHSA is celebrating the first national Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month. SAMHSA is using this month to highlight resources that connect people to the support, treatment and care they deserve. Find help here: samhsa.gov/observances/treatmentmonth

This resource contains nuanced photos related to alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs hosted by The Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs that are in the public domain. By avoiding inadvertently glorify the subject of alcohol and drug use, the collection is suited for social media postings, visu

Welcome to the Global Information System on Resources for the Prevention and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders. These pages present data collected from WHO Member States in broad categories: 1) governance, policy and financing, 2) service organization and delivery, 3) human resources and 4) natio

Due to their capacity to leverage resources, expertise and innovation from both public and private sectors, public-private partnerships (PPPs) offer a variety of responses to the global synthetic drug problem. This module serves as a comprehensive guide for government agencies, law enforcement, NGOs

This updated toolkit from SAMHSA provides guidance on opioid overdose reversal medications, addresses stimulant overdoses, and includes population-specific information. Anyone can now see how they can help address the overdose crisis, whether they are a bystander, medical provider, first responder,

This resource allows users to find the nearest treatment facility through an easy-to access google-maps based interface, with the ability to search for the nearest resource either by 1) typing an address, 2) zooming in on the map, or 3) allowing the map to determine where the user is and then indica

The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) (https://www.who.int/substance_abuse/activities/assist_v3_english.pdf) makes use of risk categories determined by screening scores to help determine the ideal intervention strategy.  This tool was developed by WHO as a paper

The Adolescent SBIRT Learner’s Guide is a 300+ page comprehensive manual for educators and trainers, practitioners, and students to learn to conduct Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) with adolescents and young adults. It is a component of the Adolescent

NIDA International Program Fellows come from many countries around the world. Find the names of individual fellows and links to their journal articles indexed in PubMed, which is a service of the NIH National Library of Medicine.

Search NIDA abstracts by researcher name, title, subject, country, region, and more.

Explore research design tools, locate Open Access research evidence, find NIDA International fellowship alumni and poster presenters, and publish your research. These online tools help the international drug abuse research community design research protocols using standard measures, evaluate researc

The Substance Use Disorders Keys to Education Product (SUD Keys) was designed for educators, clinical supervisors, and recovery support specialists with the goal of increasing access to science-based substance use content. The SUD Keys are designed to be added into existing courses and trainings and

The AUDIT is designed as a self-screening tool for alcohol consumption and identify any implications for the person’s health and well-being, now and in the future. This interactive test can be done in class or a workshop as an educational activity.

Update: The toolkit is now available in all six official UN languages - Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. The UN Toolkit on Synthetic Drugs supports the international community to implement comprehensive responses to counter the synthetic

This tool aims to summarize as simply and accurately as possible the must do’s for assessing and treating patients at risk of alcohol withdrawal across global practice settings.

The Mental Health Awareness Training (MHAT) advisory will promote the implementation of MHATs by targeting the workplace more broadly, from traditional settings to places in the community people go all the time.

Getting Candid: Framing the Conversation Around Youth Substance Use Prevention is an online toolkit designed to support providers in their ongoing and important work of preventing substance use among youth. The purpose of the guide is to equip youth-serving providers with substance use preventi

Community engagement is often cited as a tool to improve the health of the community and its members. This guide will review evidence related to leveraging community engagement to support the implementation and scale-up of evidence-based programs and policies.

Burnout is a complex issue resulting from chronic workplace stress that encompasses exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment. This guide will highlight organization-level interventions to prevent and reduce burnout among behavioral health workers.

Interactive Map and ITTC Launch Infographic

This guide presents five evidence-based programs and practices that address the prevention and treatment of common mental health concerns: gatekeeper trainings, mindfulness-based stress reduction, acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and dialectical behavior therapy.