In this module, you’ll explore how to determine whether a patient has a substance use disorder. Through a realistic patient vignette, you’ll learn the difference between recreational and disordered use, how to approach sensitive conversations with nonjudgmental curiosity, and how to use standardized tools like SBIRT to assess risk and guide care.
🎯 What You’ll Learn:
– Understand how to distinguish recreational use from substance use disorder
– Learn how to screen patients using standardized tools
– Apply the SBIRT framework (Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment)
– Practice nonjudgmental and respectful communication strategies
– Diagnose substance use disorders as mild, moderate, or severe based on – DSM-5 criteria
📚 About the Course
This course is designed with a singular goal: to improve the care you provide to your patients with substance use disorders. By delving into a model case performed by actors, seven Yale instructors from various fields provide techniques to screen your patients for substance use disorder risk, diagnose patients to gauge the severity of their use, directly manage treatment plans, refer out to treatment services, and navigate the various conditions that may limit your patient’s access to treatment. You will ultimately be prepared to provide compassionate and evidence-based care to a large population of patients living with addiction — a chronic, often relapsing-remitting disease, but a treatable one.
This course is supported in part by SAMHSA of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of financial assistance awards from grant #1H79FG000023 totaling $249,900 and grant #3H79TI081968-02S1 from SAMHSA totaling $1,354,651 with 100 percent funded by SAMHSA/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, SAMHSA/HHS, or the U.S. Government.
Note: The content in this course is intended solely to inform and educate medical professionals. This site shall not be used for medical advice and is not a substitute for the advice or treatment of a qualified medical professional.
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