National SBIRT ATTC 4 Hour Curriculum

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National Screening, Brief Intervention and
Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)
ATTC
TRAINING OF TRAINERS
Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention,
and Referral to Treatment

WELCOME
• Please introduce yourself to the group:
– Name.
– Current position.
– One thing you hope to learn.
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Why Training of Trainers?
• Networking opportunities
• Pre-requisities
– SBIRT 101
– Foundations of SBIRT
• What are teachbacks?

ATTC Network Resources
• Addiction Technology Transfer Network
• National Focus Area: Screening, Brief
Intervention, and Referral to Treatment

Goals and Objectives
 The goal of this training course is to help participants develop their knowledge, skills,
and abilities as Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment
(SBIRT) Trainers. At the end of this training participants will be able to:
• Identify SBIRT as a system change initiative.
• Compare and contrast the current system with SBIRT.
• Introduce the public health approach.
• Discuss the need to change how we think about substance use behaviors,
problems, and interventions.
• Understand the information screening does and does not provide.
• Define brief intervention/brief negotiated interview.
• Describe the goals of conducting a BI/BNI.
• Understand the counselor’s role in providing BI/BNI.
• Develop knowledge of Motivational Interviewing.
• Describe referral to treatment
• Conduct teach-backs of various modules of the training curriculum
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Agenda
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August 4, 2015
Morning (3.0 Hours)
8:30 Welcome and Introductions
Review of Objectives
Review of Agenda
8:50 Module 1: Re-conceptualizing Our Understanding of Substance Use Problems
9:05 Module 2: Screening: Re-defining the Identification of Substance Use Problems
9:35 Break
9:45 Module 3: Re-designing How We Treat Substance Use Problems
10:15 Brief Intervention Option
11:00 Referral to Treatment
11:15 Adjourn

Forget Everything You Know
• About what constitutes a substance use
problem.
• About how substance use problems are
identified.
• About how to treat substance use
problems.
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A New Initiative
• Substance use screening, brief intervention, and referral
to treatment (SBIRT) is a systems change initiative. As
such, we are required to shift our view toward a new
paradigm, and;
– Re-conceptualize how we understand substance use
problems.
– Re-define how we identify substance use problems.
– Re-design how we treat substance use problems.
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Historically
 Society has viewed substance use as:
 A moral problem
 An individual problem
 A family problem
 A social problem
 A criminal justice problem
 A combination of one or more
 The solution to any problem must be driven by its
presumed cause.
 If substance use is caused by a moral problem…
….what is its solution?
 If substance use is caused by a criminal justice
problem……what is its solution?
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At-Risk Substance Use Is
A Public Health Problem

Learning from Public Health
• The public health system of care routinely
screens for potential medical problems
(cancer, diabetes, hypertension,
tuberculosis, vitamin deficiencies, renal
function), provides preventative services
prior to the onset of acute symptoms, and
delays or precludes the development of
chronic conditions.
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Historically
• Substance Use Services have been
bifurcated, focusing on two areas only:
– Primary Prevention – Precluding or delaying
the onset of substance use.
– Tertiary Treatment – Providing time, cost, and
labor intensive care to patients who are
acutely or chronically ill with a substance use
disorder.
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Substance Use Disorder
No Problem
Traditional Treatment
No Intervention
Abstinence
Drink Responsibly
Primary Prevention
Hungerford, D. [Image developed by and used with the permission of]. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta: GA.

An Outdated Model
• This model (paradigm) of substance use:
– Fails to recognize a full continuum of
substance use behavior.
– Fails to recognize a full continuum of
substance use problems.
– Fails to provide a full continuum of substance
use interventions.
WHY?
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By defining the problem as addiction or
dependence this outdated model fails to
recognize a full continuum of substance use
behavior, a full continuum of substance use
problems, and does not provide a full continuum
of substance use interventions. As a result the
outdated model has failed to provide resources
in the area of greatest need.
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The SBIRT model identifies a substance use problem as…
Excessive Use

Excessive Use is Correlated to
• Trauma and trauma recidivism.
• Causation or exacerbation of health conditions.
• Exacerbation of mental health conditions.
• Alcohol poisoning.
• DUI.
• Domestic and other forms of violence.
• Transmission of sexually transmitted diseases.
• Unintended pregnancies.
• Substance Use Disorder.
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By defining the problem as excessive use
the SBIRT model recognizes a full
continuum of substance use behavior, a
full continuum of substance use problems,
and provides a full continuum of substance
use interventions. As a result the SBIRT
model can provide resources in the area of
greatest need.
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No Problem
Traditional Treatment
Abstinence
Screening and Feedback
Drink Responsibly
Excessive Use
Brief Intervention
Brief Treatment
Primary Prevention

The SBIRT Model
A Continuum of Substance Use
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Abstinence
Experimental
Use
Social
Use
Binge
Use
Abuse
Substance
Use
Disorder

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Drinking Behavior Intervention Need
5%
20%
75%
Substance
Use Disorder
Low Risk or
Abstinence
No Intervention
or screening and
Feedback
Brief Intervention
and Referral for
additional Services

The Costs of Substance Use
• The bulk of the societal, personal, and
health care related costs are not a result of
addiction but of excessive substance use.
Until such time as we acknowledge this
fact, and address it appropriately, we are
unlikely to make significant progress
towards a solution.
Consider This
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If
We could provide a 100% cure to every
substance dependent person in the United
States we wouldn’t be close to solving
most of the substance related problems in
our country.
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The SBIRT Model
A Continuum of Interventions
 Primary Prevention – Precluding or delaying the onset
of substance use.
 Secondary Prevention and Intervention – Providing
time, cost, and labor sensitive care to patients who
are at risk for psycho-social or healthcare
problems related to their substance use choices.
 Tertiary Treatment – Providing time, cost, and labor
intensive care to patients who are acutely or
chronically ill with a substance use disorder.
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Primary Goal
• The primary goal of SBIRT is not to
identify those who are have a substance
use disorder and need further
assessment.
• The primary goal of SBIRT is to identify
those who are at moderate or high risk for
psycho-social or health care problems
related to their substance use choices.
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The SBIRT Concept
• SBIRT uses a public health approach to universal
screening for substance use problems.
– SBIRT provides:
• Immediate rule out of non-problem users;
• Identification of levels of risk;
• Identification of patients who would benefit from brief
advice;
• Identification of patients who would benefit from
further assessment, and;
• Progressive levels of clinical interventions based on
need and motivation for change.
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The Moving Parts
 Pre-screening (universal).
 Full screening (for those with a positive pre-
screen).
 Brief Intervention (for those scoring over the cut off
point).
 Extended Brief Interventions or Brief Treatment or
(for those who have moderate risk or high risk use
of substances would benefit from ongoing, targeted
interventions, and are willing to engage).
 Traditional Treatment (for those who have a
substance use disorder (after further assessment)
and are willing to engage).
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• Primary Care
• PCMH/Integrated Care
• Trauma
• Emergency Department
• Hospital Inpatient
• Employee Assistance
Programs
• Health Promotion and
Wellness Programs
• Occupational Health and
Safety, Disability Management
• Colleges/Universities
• Federally Qualified Health
Centers
• School-based Health Centers
• Drug Courts, Juvenile Justice
• Dental Clinics
• HIV Clinics
• Peer Assistance Programs
• Faith-based Programs
• Addiction Treatment
• Counseling/Therapy
• STD clinics
• Senior Housing
• Community Mental Health Setting
• Planned Parenthood
• Native American Indian Community
Centers
Where can SBIRT be implemented?
Others?

Clinic Work Flows
PCP without a
Behavioral Health Provider
PCP Hand-off to
Behavioral Health
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/videos.php#clinic-flow
http://www.sbirtoregon.org
/videos.php#clinic-flow
SBIRT Oregon. [Video files]. Retrieved from http://www.sbirtoregon.org/videos.php

Screening
Module Two
Re-defining the Identification of
Substance Use Problems

Screening Does Not Provide
A Diagnosis
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Four Types of Intervention
• Feedback only.
• Brief Intervention.
• Extended Brief Intervention or Brief
Treatment.
• Referral for further assessment.
33Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2011). Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) in behavioral healthcare. Retrieved from
http://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/sbirtwhitepaper_0.pdf.

Validated Screening Tools
 AUDIT: Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test.
World Health Organization. (1982). The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test.
 DAST: Drug Abuse Screening Test.
The Addiction Research Foundation. (1982). The Drug Abuse Screening Test.
 POSIT: Problem Oriented Screening Instrument for
Teenagers.
National Institute on Drug Abuse. (1991). The Problem Oriented Screening Instrument for Teenagers.
 CRAFFT: Car, Relax, Alone, Forget, Family or Friends,
Trouble (for adolescents).
Knight, J. R., Sherritt, L., Shrier, L. A., Harris, S. K., & Chang, G. (2002). Validity of the CRAFFT substance abuse screening test among
adolescent clinic patients. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 156(6), 607-614.
 ASSIST: Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Abuse
Involvement Screening Test.
World Health Organization. (2002). The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST): development, reliability
and feasibility. Addiction, 97(9), 1183-94.
 GAIN or GAIN-SS: Global Appraisal of Individual Needs.
Dennis, M. L., & Rourke, K. M. (1998). Global appraisal of individual needs. Bloomington, IL: Chestnut Health Systems.
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Screen
Target
Population
#
Items Assessment
Setting
(Most Common) URL
ASSIST
(WHO)
-Adults
-Validated in many
cultures and
languages
8 Hazardous, harmful, or dependent drug use
(including injection drug use) [interview]
Primary Care http://www.who.int/substa
nce_abuse/activities/assist_
test/en/index.html
AUDIT
(WHO)
-Adults and
adolescents
-Validated in many
cultures and
languages
10 Identifies alcohol problem use. Can be used as a
pre-screen to identify patients in need of full
screen/brief intervention [Self-admin, Interview,
or computerized]
•Different Settings
•AUDIT C- Primary Care
(3 questions)
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/h
q/2001/who_msd_msb_01.
6a.pdf
DAST-10 Adults 10 To identify drug-use problems in past year [Self-
admin or Interview]
Different Settings http://www.integration.sa
mhsa.gov/clinical-
practice/screening-tools
CRAFFT Adolescents 6 To identify alcohol and drug abuse, risky
behavior, & consequences of use [Self-admin or
Interview]
Different Settings http://www.ceasar-
boston.org/CRAFFT/
CAGE Adults and Youth
>16
4 -Signs of tolerance, not risky use [Self-admin or
Interview]
Primary Care http://www.integration.sa
mhsa.gov/clinical-
practice/sbirt/CAGE_questi
onaire.pdf
TWEAK Pregnant Women 5 -Risky drinking during pregnancy. Based on
CAGE.
-Asks about number of drinks one can tolerate, &
related problems [Self-admin, Interview, or
computerized]
Primary Care, Women’s
Organizations, etc.
http://www.sbirttraining.co
m/sites/sbirttraining.com/fi
les/TWEAK.pdf
Source: Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network. (2011). SBIRT curriculum. Retrieved from http://attcnetwork.org/home/.

Universal Screening
The AUDIT – C
 Scored on a scale of 0-12
 Five possible answers for each question:
 A = 0. B = 1. C = 2. D = 3. E = 4.
 For men a score of 4 or more is positive.
 For women a score of 3 or more is positive.
 However, if the score is derived primarily for
question 1 the patient is not necessarily at risk.
 A score > 4 identifies 86% of men who are at risk
or meet the criteria for an alcohol use disorder.
 A score of > 2 identifies 84% of women who are at
risk or meet the criteria for an alcohol use disorder.
36World Health Organization. (1982). The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test.

• How many times in the past year have you had 5
or more drinks in a day (Men) or 4 (Woman)?
NIDA Single Question
• How many times in the past year have you used
illegal drugs or prescription drugs other than
how they were prescribed by your physician?
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Universal Screening
NIAAA Single Question
National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. (2015). Helping patients who drink too much: a clinician's guide. Retrieved from
http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/Practitioner/CliniciansGuide2005/guide.pdf.
National Institute on Drug Abuse. (2011). Screening for drug use in general medical settings: Quick reference guide. Retrieved from http://www.drugabuse.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/screening_qr.pdf.

Before Starting
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I would like to ask you some questions that I ask all my
patients. These questions will help me to provide you
with the best care possible. As with all medical
information your responses are confidential. If you feel
uncomfortable just let me know.

Video of a practitioner conducting
universal screening
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPU-ojCRPJ0
SBIRT Colorado. [Video files]. Retrieved from http://improvinghealthcolorado.org.

Full Screen
AUDIT
(Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test)
• Benefits:
– Created by the World Health Organization.
– Comprised of 10 multiple choice questions.
– Simple scoring and interpretation.
– Provides 4 zones of risk and intervention based on score.
– Valid and reliable across different cultures.
– Available in numerous languages.
• Limitations:
– Addresses alcohol only.

AUDIT
 Ten Questions.
 Five possible answers to each question (except question 9
and 10, which have three possible answers.
 Alcohol Specific.
 Provides information on frequency of use.
 Provides information on level of use.
 Provides misuse and outlines symptoms of SUD.
 Preface: In the past 12 months…..

Full Screen
DAST – 10
• Benefits:
– Comprised of 10 multiple choice questions.
– Simple scoring and interpretation.
– Provides 4 levels of risk and intervention based on score.
• Limitations:
– Addresses other drugs only.
42The Addiction Research Foundation. (1982). The Drug Abuse Screening Test.

Drug Abuse Screening Test
• Ten Questions.
• Yes/No Format.
• Drug Specific.
• Provides information on level of use.
• Provides misuse and symptoms of SUD.
• Preface: In the past 12 months…..

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Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. (2014). Washington state SBIRT primary care integration: Screening and GPRA training manual. Retrieved
from http://www.wasbirt.com/sites/default/files/FULL%20WASBIRT-PCI%20Training%20Manual_Apr%2016%202014_v1.pdf.
Each “Yes” gets a score of 1

Score Risk Level Intervention
0 Zone 1: No risk Simple advice: Congratulations this means you are abstaining
from excessive use of prescribed or over-the-counter
medications, illegal or non-medical drugs.
1-2 Zone 2: At Risk Use - “low level”
of problem drug use
Brief Intervention (BI). You are at risk. Even though you may
not be currently suffering or causing harm to yourself or
others, you are at risk of chronic health or behavior problems
because of using drugs or medications in excess; and
continued monitoring
3-5 Zone 3: “intermediate level” Extended BI (EBI) and RT – your score indicates you are at an
“intermediate level” of problem drug use. Talk with a
professional and find out what services are available to help
you to decide what approach is best to help you to effectively
change this pattern of behavior.
6-10 Zone 4: Very High Risk, Probable
EBI/RT- considered to be at a “substantial to severe level” of
problem drug use. Refer to specialist for diagnostic evaluation
and treatment.
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DAST-10 Scores and Zones
The Addiction Research Foundation. (1982). The Drug Abuse Screening Test.

DAST Questions 1 and 2
 Have you used drugs other than those
required for medical reasons?
 Rule out question - If the answer is no screen
stops here.
 Do you abuse more than one drug at a time?
 Involvement question - Implies deeper use history.

 Do you ever feel bad or guilty about your drug
use?
 Implies awareness of negative results of
substance use/use consequences.
 Does your spouse (or parents) ever complain
about your involvement with drugs?
 Abuse question – Recurrent social or
interpersonal problems.

 Have you neglected your family because of
your drug use?
 Abuse question – Failure to meet role obligations.
 Have you engaged in illegal activities in order
to obtain drugs?
 Involvement question – Implies changes in social
norms.

 Have you ever experienced withdrawal
symptoms (felt sick) when you stopped taking
drugs?
Addiction question – Implies high
frequency/high dose exposure.
 Have you had medical problems as a result of
your drug use (e.g. memory loss, hepatitis,
convulsions, bleeding)?
Addiction question – Physical problems
caused or exacerbated by substance use.

Video of a practitioner conducting screening
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkFHuhLStwE

Let’s Review
 Screening does not provide a diagnosis.
 Screening does provide immediate rule-out of no risk/low risk users.
 Screening does provide immediate identification of level of risk.
 There are 2 levels of screening:
 Universal.
 Targeted.
 There are 4 types of intervention:
 Feedback.
 Brief Intervention.
 Extended Brief Intervention or Brief Treatment.
 Referral for further assessment.
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Brief Intervention (BI)
Motivational Interviewing and 4
BI Options
Module Three
Re-designing How We Treat Substance Use
Problems

SBIRT Decision Tree
Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network. (2011). SBIRT curriculum. Retrieved from http://attcnetwork.org/home/.

What are the Goals of BI?
 The general goal of a BI is to:
 Educate the patient on safe levels of substance use.
 Increase the patients awareness of the consequences of
substance use.
 Motivate the patient towards changing substance use
behavior.
 Assist the patient in making choices that reduce their risk of
substance use problems.
 The goals of a BI are fluid and are dependent on a
variety of factors including:
 The patients screening score.
 The patients readiness to change.
 The patients specific needs.
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Where Do I Start?
What you do depends on where the patient is
in the process of changing.
The first step is to be able to identify where
the patient is coming from.

Stages of Change:
Primary Tasks
1. Precontemplation
Definition:
Not yet considering change or
is unwilling or unable to change.
Primary Task:
Raising Awareness
2. Contemplation
Definition:
Sees the possibility of change but
is ambivalent and uncertain.
Primary Task:
Resolving ambivalence/
Helping to choose change
3. Preparation
Definition:
Committed to changing.
Still considering what to do.
Primary Task:
Help identify appropriate
change strategies
4. Action
Definition:
Taking steps toward change but
hasn’t stabilized in the process.
Primary Task:
Help implement change strategies
and learn to eliminate
potential relapses
5. Maintenance
Definition:
Has achieved the goals and is
working to maintain change.
Primary Task:
Develop new skills for
maintaining recovery
6. Recurrence
Definition:
Experienced a recurrence
of the symptoms.
Primary Task:
Cope with consequences and
determine what to do next
Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network.
(2011). SBIRT curriculum. Retrieved from
http://attcnetwork.org/home/.

“People are better persuaded by the
reasons they themselves discovered than
those that come into the minds of others”
Blaise Pascal
Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network. (2011). SBIRT curriculum. Retrieved from

Motivational
Interviewing
(MI)

Motivational
Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing is a person-
centered, evidence-based, goal-oriented
method for enhancing intrinsic motivation to
change by exploring and resolving
ambivalence with the individual.
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Motivational Interviewing
 Is focused on competency and strength:
 Motivational Interviewing affirms the client, emphasizes free
choice, supports self efficacy, and encourages optimism that
changes can be made.
 Is individualized and client centered:
 Research indicates that positive outcomes are associated with
flexible program policies and focus on individual needs
(Inciardi et al., 1993).
 Does not label:
 Motivational Interviewing avoids using names, especially with
those who may not agree with a diagnosis or don’t see a
specific behavior as problematic.
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Inciardi, J., Horowitz, R., & Pottieger, A.E. (1993). Street Kids, Street Drugs, Street Crime: An Examination of Drug Use and Serious Delinquency in America. Belmont, TN: Wadsworth
Publishing.

 Creates therapeutic partnerships:
 Motivational Interviewing encourages an active partnership where
the client and counselor work together to establish treatment
goals and develop strategies.
 Uses empathy not authority:
 Research indicates that positive outcomes are related to empathy
and warm and supportive listening.
 Focuses on less intensive treatment:
 Motivational Interviewing places an emphasis on less intensive,
but equally effective care, especially for those whose use is
problematic or risky but not yet serious.
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 Assumes motivation is fluid and can be influenced.
 Motivation is influenced in the context of a relationship –
developed in the context of a patient encounter.
 Principle tasks – to work with ambivalence and resistance.
 Goal – to influence change in the direction of health.
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Goal of MI
 To create and amplify discrepancy between
present behavior and broader goals.
How?
 Create cognitive dissonance between where
one is and where one wants to be.
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Rate the BI
• How would you rate this providers
Motivational Interviewing skills?
• Imagine you are the patient….How do you
feel?
• Is this approach:
– Helpful?
– Harmful?
– Neutral?
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• How willing do you think this patient will be
to change her use or decrease her risk as
a result of this intervention?
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Not Willing Very Willing

MI Tools
• DARN CAT
• OARS
• EARS
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Types of Change Talk
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• Desire: I want to…. I’d really like to….I wish….
• Ability: I would….I can….I am able to....I could….
• Reason: There are good reasons to….This is important….
• Need: I really need to….
• Commitment: I intend to….I will….I plan to….
• Activation: I’m doing this today….
• Taking Steps: I went to my first group….

Eliciting Change Talk
• Attending Skills
• Open-ended Questions
• Affirmation
• Reflective Listening
• Summary
• Eliciting Change Talk

Other MI Tools
• Repeating: Reflect what is said.
• Rephrasing: Alter slightly.
• Altered/Amplified: Add intensity or value.
• Double –sided: Reflect Ambivalence.
• Metaphor: Create a picture.
• Shifting Focus: Change the focus.
• Reframing: Offer new meaning.
• Paradoxical: Siding with the negative.
• Emphasize personal choice: “It’s up to you”.
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 Repeating:
 Patient: I don't want to quit smoking.
 Counselor: You don't want to quit smoking.
 Rephrasing:
 Patient: I really want to quit smoking.
 Counselor: Quitting smoking is very important to you.
 Altered/Amplified:
 Patient: My smoking isn't that bad.
 Counselor: There's no reason at all for you to be concerned
about your smoking. (Note: it is important to have a
genuine, not sarcastic, tone of voice).
 Double-Sided:
 Patient: Smoking helps me reduce stress.
 Counselor: On the one hand, smoking helps you to reduce
stress. On the other hand, you said previously that it also
causes you stress because you have a hacking cough,
have to smoke outside, and spend money on cigarettes.
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 Metaphor:
 Patient: Everyone keeps telling me I have a drinking problem, and
I don’t feel it’s that bad.
 Counselor: It’s kind of like everyone is pecking on you about your
drinking, like a flock of crows pecking away at you.
 Shifting Focus:
 Patient: What do you know about quitting? You probably never
smoked.
 Counselor: It’s hard to imagine how I could possibly understand.
 Reframing:
 Patient: I've tried to quit and failed so many times.
 Counselor: You are persistent, even in the face of
discouragement. This change must be really important to you.
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• Paradoxical:
– Patient: My smoking isn't that bad.
– Counselor: Smoking is a good choice for you so why
would you want to change? (Note: it is important to have a
genuine, not sarcastic, tone of voice).
• Emphasize Personal Choice:
– Patient: I've been considering quitting for some time now
because I know it is bad for my health.
– Counselor: You're worried about your health and you want
to make different choices
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Readiness Ruler
• On a scale of 1-10 how ready are you to make a
change in your drinking, drug use, substance use?
• Why not a lower number?
• Why would it take to move it to a higher number?
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
READINESS

Confidence Ruler
• On a scale of 1-10 how confident are you that you
could change your drinking, drug use, substance
use?
• Why not a lower number?
• Why would it take to move it to a higher number?
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
CONFIDENCE

Importance Confidence
Readiness
The Keys to Readiness
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Rosengren, D.B. (2009). Building Motivational Interviewing Skills: A Practitioner Workbook. New York, NY: Guilford Press.

Video of a practitioner who is using Motivational
Interviewing
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Rate the BI
• How would you rate this providers
Motivational Interviewing skills?
• Imagine you are the patient….How do you
feel?
• Is this approach:
– Helpful?
– Harmful?
– Neutral?
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• How willing do you think this patient will be
to change her use or decrease her risk as
a result of this intervention?
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Not Willing Very Willing

Zingers
• Push back, Resistance, Denial, Excuses:
– Look, I don’t have a drinking problem.
– My dad was an alcoholic; I’m not like him.
– I can quit anytime I want to.
– I just like the taste.
– That’s all there is to do in (my town)!!!!
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Handling Zingers
• I’m not going to push you to change anything
you don’t want to change
• I’m not here to convince you that you have a
problem/are an alcoholic.
• I’d just like to give you some information.
• I’d really like to hear your thoughts about….
• What you decide to do is up to you.
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Let’s Review
• A brief intervention/brief negotiated interview is a time
limited, individual counseling session.
• The goals of a BI are fluid depending on a variety of
factors.
• The patient has the best idea in the room.
• Use MI tools.
• Always listen for change talk.
• Be prepared for zingers.
• Always end on a positive note.
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Brief Interventions
for Patients at Risk for
Substance Use Problems

Four BI Model Options
• FLO (Feedback, Listen and understand, Options
explored)
• 4 Steps of the BNI (Raise the Subject; Provide
Feedback; Enhance Motivation; Negotiate and Advise)
• Brief Negotiated Interview (BNI) Algorithm (Build
Rapport; Pros and Cons; Information and Feedback;
Readiness Ruler; Action Plan)
• FRAMES (Feedback; Responsibility; Advice; Menu of
options; Empathy; Self efficacy)

Option 1: Conducting a Brief Intervention
Dunn, C.W., Huber, A., Estee, S., Krupski, A., O’Neill, S., Malmer, D., & Ries, R. (2010). Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment for substance abuse: A
training manual for acute medical settings. Retrieved from https://www.dshs.wa.gov/sites/default/files/SESA/rda/documents/research-4-83C.pdf.

FLO: THE 3 TASKS OF A BI
Avoid Warnings!
F L O W
Feedback
Listen&Understand
Warn
OptionsExplored (that’s it)

How Does It All Fit Together?
Feedback
Setting the stage
Tell screening results
Listen & understand
Explore pros & cons
Explain importance
Assess readiness to change
Options explored
Discuss change options
Follow up

The 3 Tasks of a BI
F L OFeedback
Listen&Understand
OptionsExplored

The 1st Task: Feedback
The Feedback Sandwich
Ask Permission
Give Advice
Ask for Response

What you need to cover.
1. Ask permission; explain how the screen is scored
2. Range of scores and context
3. Screening results
4. Interpretation of results (e.g., risk level)
5. Substance use norms in population
6. Patient feedback about results

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Risky drinking means going above (3 women, anyone
65+; 4 men) drinks per day, (7 women, anyone 65+; 14
men) drinks per week.
Ask: Does that make sense to you?
Normal (low risk) drinkers never drink above (3 women,
4 men) drinks per occasion.
Give feedback: You said that you sometimes exceed
these limits. This places you at higher risk for future
injury or other types of harm.
Elicit Response: What do you make of that?

What do you say?
1. Range of score and context - Scores on the AUDIT range from
0-40. Most people who are social drinkers score less than 8.
2. Results - Your score was 18 on the alcohol screen.
2. Interpretation of results - 18 puts you in the moderate-to-high
risk range. At this level, your use is putting you at risk for a
variety of health issues.
3. Norms - A score of 18 means that your drinking is higher than
75% of the U.S. adult population.
4. Patient reaction/feedback - What do you make of this?

Informational Brochures
National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. (2015). Rethinking drinking: Alcohol and your health. Retrieved from
http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/RethinkingDrinking/Rethinking_Drinking.pdf.

Handling Resistance
• Look, I don’t have a drug problem.
• My dad was an alcoholic; I’m not like him.
• I can quit using anytime I want to.
• I just like the taste.
• Everybody drinks in college.
What would you say?

SUD
Family
Con-
fusion
Medical
Issues
Pain
SUD

To avoid this…
LET GO!!!

Easy Ways to Let Go
• I’m not going to push you to change anything you don’t
want to change.
• What you do is up to you.

Finding a Hook
• Ask the patient about their concerns
• Provide non-judgmental feedback/information
• Watch for signs of discomfort with status quo or interest or
ability to change
• Always ask this question: “What role, if any, do you
think alcohol played in your (getting injured)?
• Let the patient decide.
• Just asking the question is helpful.
: Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network. (2011). SBIRT curriculum. Retrieved from http://attcnetwork.org/home/.

Form Dyads/Triads
• Practitioner
• Patient/Client
Practice Session:
Providing Feedback

Role Play
Let’s practice F:
Role Play Giving Feedback Using Completed Screening
Tools
• Focus the conversation
• Get the ball rolling
• Gauge where the patient is
• Hear their side of the story

AUDIT Scores and Zones
0-7 Zone 1: Low Risk Use Alcohol education to support low-risk use –
provide brief advice
8-15 Zone 2: At Risk Use Brief Intervention (BI), provide advice focused
on reducing hazardous drinking
16-19 Zone 3: High Risk Use BI/EBI – Brief Intervention and/or Extended
Brief Intervention with possible referral to
treatment
20-40 Zone 4: Very High Risk,
Probable Substance Use
Disorder
Refer to specialist for diagnostic evaluation
and treatment
100Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network. (2011). SBIRT curriculum. Retrieved from http://attcnetwork.org/home/.

F L O
Feedback
Listen&Understand
OptionsExplored
The 3 Tasks of a BI

The 2nd Task: Listen & Understand
Ambivalence is
Normal

Tools for Change Talk
• Pros and Cons
• Importance/Readiness Ruler

Strategies for Weighing the Pros and Cons
• What do you like about drinking?
• What do you see as the downside of drinking?
• What else?
Summarize Both Pros and Cons
“On the one hand you said..,
and on the other you said….”

Listen for the Change Talk
• Maybe drinking did play a role in what happened.
• If I wasn’t drinking this would never have happened.
• Using is not really much fun anymore.
• I can’t afford to be in this mess again.
• The last thing I want to do is hurt someone else.
• I know I can quit because I’ve stopped before.
Summarize, so they hear it twice!

Importance/Confidence/Readiness
On a scale of 1–10…
• How important is it for you to change your drinking?
• How confident are you that you can change your drinking?
• How ready are you to change your drinking?
For each ask:
• Why didn’t you give it a lower number?
• What would it take to raise that number?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Form Dyads/Triads
• Practitioner
• Patient/Client
Practice Session:
Listen & Understand

Role Play
Let’s practice L:
Role Play Listen & Understand
Using Completed Screening Tool
• Pros and Cons
• Importance/Confidence/Readiness Scales
• Develop Discrepancy
• Dig for Change

O
OptionsExplored
F L
Feedback
Listen&Understand
The 3 Tasks of a BI

Offer a Menu of Options
• Manage drinking/use (cut down to low-risk limits)
• Eliminate your drinking/drug use (quit)
• Never drink and drive (reduce harm)
• Utterly nothing (no change)
• Seek help (refer to treatment)
The 3rd Task: Options for Change

During MENUS you can also explore previous
strengths, resources, and successes
• Have you stopped drinking/using drugs before?
• What personal strengths allowed you to do it?
• Who helped you and what did you do?
• Have you made other kinds of changes
successfully in the past?
• How did you accomplish these things?

What now?
• What do you think you will do?
• What changes are you thinking about making?
• What do you see as your options?
• Where do we go from here?
• What happens next?

Giving Advice Without Telling Someone What to Do
• Provide Clear Information (Advise or Feedback)
• What happens to some people is that…
• My recommendation would be that…
• Elicit their reaction
• What do you think?
• What are your thoughts?

Closing the Conversation (“SEW”)
• Summarize patients views (especially the
pro)
• Encourage them to share their views
• What agreement was reached (repeat it)

Form Dyads/Triads
• Practitioner
• Patient/Client
Practice Session:
Options Explored

Role Play
Let’s practice O: Role Play Options Explored
• Ask about next steps, offer menu of options
• Offer advice if relevant
• Summarize patient’s views
• Repeat what patient agrees to do

Role Play: Putting It All Together
Feedback
• Range
Listen and Understand
• Pros and Cons
• Summary
Options Explored
• Menu of Options

Video of a practitioner conducting BI for
hazardous alcohol use
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SBIRT Oregon. [Video files]. Retrieved from http://www.sbirtoregon.org/videos.php#steve

Option 2: the 4 Steps of a BNI
1) Raise The Subject
2) Provide Feedback
3) Enhance Motivation
4) Negotiate And Advise
D'Onogrio, G., Pantalon, M.V., Degutis, L.C., O'Connor, P.G., Fiellin, D., Owens, P., & Martel-Regan, S. (2008). Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) training manual for
alcohol and other drug problems. Retrieved from http://medicine.yale.edu/sbirt/curriculum/manuals/SBIRT%20training%20manual_2012_tcm508-100719_tcm508-284-32.pdf

Step 1: Raise the Subject
Key Components
• Be respectful
• Ask permission to discuss use
• Avoid arguing or being confrontational
Key Objectives
• Establish rapport
• Raise the subject

Step 2: Provide Feedback

Feedback
What do you say?
• Range of score and context - Scores on the AUDIT
range from 0-40. Most people who are social drinkers
score less than 8.
• Results - Your score was 18 on the alcohol screen.
• Interpretation of results - 18 puts you in the high risk
range. At this level, your use is putting you at risk for a
variety of health issues and other negative
consequences.
• Norms - A score of 18 means that your drinking is
higher than 70% of the U.S. adult population.
• Patient reaction/feedback - What do you make of this?

Feedback
Handling Resistance
• Look, I don’t have a drug problem.
• My dad was an alcoholic; I’m not like him.
• I can quit using anytime I want to.
• I just like the taste.
• Everybody drinks.
What would you say?

Feedback
To avoid this…
LET GO!!!

Feedback
Easy Ways to Let Go
• I’m not going to push you to change anything you don’t
want to change.
• I’m not here to convince you that you have a
problem/are an alcoholic.
• I’d really like to hear your thoughts about…
• What you decide to do is up to you.

SUD
Family
Con-
fusion
Medical
Issues
Pain
SUD

Feedback
Finding a Hook
• Ask the patient about their concerns
• Provide non-judgmental feedback/information
• Watch for signs of discomfort with status quo or interest
or ability to change
• Always ask this question: “What role, if any, do you
think alcohol played in your (getting injured)?
• Let the patient decide.
• Just asking the question is helpful.

Role Play
Lets practice Feedback:
• Give Feedback Using Completed Screening Tools
• Give feedback results
• Express concern
• Substance use norms in population
• Elicit patient feedback about the feedback

treatment
Disorder
and treatment
130Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network. (2011). SBIRT curriculum. Retrieved from http://attcnetwork.org/home/.

Step 3: Enhancing Motivation
Critical components:
• Develop discrepancy
• Reflective listening
• Open-ended questions
• Assess readiness to change

Ambivalence is Normal

Enhance Motivation
Importance/Confidence/Readiness
On a scale of 1–10…
• How important is it for you to change your drinking?
• How confident are you that you can change your drinking?
• How ready are you to change your drinking?
For each ask:
• Why didn’t you give it a lower number?
• What would it take to raise that number?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Enhance Motivation
• Strategies for Weighing the Pros and Cons
• What do you like about drinking?
• What do you see as the downside of drinking?
• What else?
• Summarize Both Pros and Cons
• “On the one hand you said..,
• and on the other you said….”

Dig for Change Talk
• I’d like to hear your opinions about…
• What might you enjoy about…
• If you decided to ____ how would you do it?
• What are some things that bother you about using?
• What role do you think ____ played in your ______?
• How would you like your drinking/using to be 5 years
from now?
• What do you need to do in order to_____?

Listen to Understand Dilemma. Don't Give Advice.
• Ask:
• Why do you want to make this change?
• What abilities do you have that make it possible to
make this change if you decided to do so?
• Why do you think you should make this change?
• What are the 3 best reasons for you to do it?
• Give short summary/reflection of speaker’s motivation
for change
• Then ask: “So what do you think you’ll do?”

Form Dyads/Triads
• Practitioner
• Patient/Client
Practice Session:
Enhancing Motivation

Role Play
• Let’s practice Enhance Motivation:
• Using Completed Screening Tool
• Pros and Cons
• Develop Discrepancy
• Dig for Change Talk
• Summarize

Step 4: Negotiate and Advise
• Critical components:
• Negotiate a plan on how to cut back and/or
reduce harm
• Direct advice
• Provide patient health information
• Follow-up

Negotiate and Advise
The Advice Sandwich
Ask Permission
Give Advice
Ask for Response

• What now?
• What do you think you will do?
• What changes are you thinking about making?
• What do you see as your options?
• Where do we go from here?
• What happens next?

• You can also explore previous strengths, resources,
and successes
• Have you stopped drinking/using drugs before?
• What personal strengths allowed you to do it?
• Who helped you and what did you do?
• Have you made other kinds of changes successfully in
the past?
• How did you accomplish these things

• Offer a Menu of Options
• Manage drinking/use (cut down to low-risk
limits)
• Eliminate your drinking/drug use (quit)
• Never drink and drive (reduce harm)
• Utterly nothing (no change)
• Seek help (refer to treatment)

• Giving Advice Without Telling Someone What to Do
• Provide Clear Information (Advice or Feedback )
• What happens to some people is that…
• My recommendation would be that…
• Elicit their reaction
• What do you think?
• What are your thoughts?

• Closing the Conversation (“SEW”)
• Summarize patients views (especially the pro)
• Encourage them to share their views
• What agreement was reached (repeat it)

Video of a practitioner conducting BI for alcohol
use (ambivalent client)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25kE7p0-V0M

Form Dyads/Triads
• Practitioner
• Patient/Client
Practice Session:

Role Play
• Let’s practice Negotiate and Advise
• Ask about next steps, offer menu of options
• Offer advice
• Summarize patient’s views
• Repeat what patient agrees to do

Role play: Putting It All Together
1. Raise The Subject
2. Provide Feedback
• Provide screening results
Relate to norms
Get their reaction
3. Enhance Motivation
• Assess readiness
• Develop discrepancy
• Dig for Change
4. Negotiate and Advise
• Menu of Options
• Offer advise

Option 3: Brief Negotiated Interview (BNI)
Algorithm
1. Build Rapport
2. Pros and Cons
3. Information and Feedback
4. Readiness Ruler
5. Action Plan
D'Onofrio, G., Bernstein, E., & Rollnick, S. (1996). Motivating patients for change: A brief strategy for negotiation. In Bernstein, E. & Bernstein, J. (eds.), Case Studies in
Emergency Medicine and the Health of the Public. Boston, MA: Jones & Bartlett.

1. Build Rapport
• Set up a safe environment by exhibiting a non-
judgmental, empathetic attitude.
• Introduce yourself and take time to remember the
patient’s name and how he/she prefers to be addressed
(first name or Mr./Ms.)
• Show an interest in understanding the patient’s point of
view.
• Use reflective listening
• Your attitude and demeanor will increase the likelihood
that the patient will be honest

Form Dyads/Triads
• Practitioner
• Patient/Client
Practice Session:
Building Rapport

Role Play
• Let’s practice building rapport
• Introduce yourself and determine how to address the
patient
• Ask permission to talk about drinking:
• Would you mind taking a few minutes to talk about
your drinking?
• What is a typical day like for you?
• Where does your drinking fit in to your day?
• Be sure to use reflective listening.

2. Ask About Pros and Cons
• Strategies for Weighing the Pros and Cons
• Ask the patient to put his/her hands out as if you were going
to drop something in each hand.
• Then ask the patient to mentally drop into the right hand the
“good” things about drinking; and into the left the things that
aren’t so good about drinking.
• Summarize for the patient and ask which hand feels heavier?
• Use the discussion to underscore the patient’s ambivalence.

Form Dyads/Triads
• Practitioner
• Patient/Client
Practice Session:
Pros and Cons

Role Play
• Let’s practice asking about pros and cons
• Ask:
• Help me understand through your eyes the good things
about your drinking?
• What are some of the downsides about drinking for
you?
• Use the “hands” exercise if you’d like (or just ask the
questions).
• Summarize: On the one hand you said (Pros); and on
the other hand (Cons)

Information and Feedback

Form Dyads/Triads
• Practitioner
• Patient/Client
Practice Session:
Giving Information and Feedback

Role Play
Let’s practice giving Information and feedback:
Role Play Giving Feedback Using Completed Screening
Tools and information about at-risk drinking levels
Focus the conversation
• Get the ball rolling using the AUDIT score
• Provide at-risk drinking information
• Elicit the patient’s reaction

treatment
Disorder
and treatment
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• Use the “readiness ruler” to help the patient visualize
how ready he/she is to consider reducing the amount
they drink (or stopping altogether) in reaction to the
feedback and information.
• Reinforce positives: “ You marked x. That’s great. That
means you’re x% ready to change. Why did you choose
that number and not a lower one like a 1 or 2?
• Allow the patient time to consider and share what is
motivating them to consider change.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Dig for Change Talk…
• I’d like to hear you opinions about…
• What might you enjoy about…
• If you decided to ____ how would you do it?
• What are some things that bother you about using?
• What role do you think ____ played in your ______?
• How would you like your drinking/using to be 5 years
from now?
• What do you need to do in order to_____?

5. Prescription for Change
• Create an action plan identifying steps the patient is
willing and able to take in order to reduce the risks
they have identified as connected to their drinking .
• Help the patient identify strengths and supports
they can tap into based on their successes of the
past and current available resources.
• Write down the action plan and give it to the patient
• Make referrals as appropriate
• Close the session by thanking the patient

Form Dyads/Triads
• Practitioner
• Patient/Client
Practice Session:
Readiness to Change

Role Play
• Lets practice readiness to change and prescription for
change:
• Ask the patient where they see themselves on a scale of 1 to
10 in terms of their readiness to change.
• Ask them why they didn't select a lower number and elicit
“change talk” statements.
• Discuss options/steps that will work for the patient.
• Help them to identify strengths/supports/resources to support
change.
• Summarize and write down the plan for the patient to take
with them.
• Make a referral as appropriate.
• Thank the patient.

Form Dyads/Triads
• Practitioner
• Patient/Client
Practice Session:
BNI Algorithm

Role play: Putting It All Together
• Build Rapport
• Ask about Pros and Cons
• Give Feedback and Information
• Assess Readiness to Change
• Develop a Prescription for Change

Option 4: The FRAMES Model
• Feedback
• Responsibility
• Advice
• Menu of options
• Empathy
• Self efficacy
Rollnick, S., & Miller, W.R. (1995). What is motivational interviewing? Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 23, 325-34.

Feedback
The Feedback Sandwich
Ask Permission
Give Feedback
Ask for Response

Responsibility
• Once you have given the feedback, let the
patient decide where to go with it.
• Remember that it’s the patient’s responsibility to
make choices about their substance use.
• Your responsibility is to create an opportunity
for the patient to discuss their substance use in
a non-threatening, non-judgmental
environment.

Advice
• Ask the patient if he/she is open to hearing your
recommendations
• Offer advice from your professional perspective
• Elicit the patient’s response

Menu of Alternative Change Options
• You can consider these ideas:
• Manage your drinking (cut down to low risk
limits)
• Eliminate your drinking (Quit)
• Never drink and drive (Reduce Harm)
• Nothing (no change)
• Seek help (referral for treatment)

Empathy
• A consistent component of effective brief
interventions is a warm, reflective, empathic
and understanding approach by the person
delivering the intervention.
• Use of a warm, empathic style is a significant
factor in the patient’s response to the
intervention and leads to reduced substance
use at follow up.

Self-Efficacy (Self-Confidence for
Change)
• Self-efficacy has been described as the belief
that one is capable of performing in a certain
manner to attain certain goals.
• Solution focused interventions
• Focus on solutions not problems
• Techniques designed to motivate and support
change

Form Dyads/Triads
• Practitioner
• Patient/Client
Practice Session:
FRAMES

Role Play
• Let’s practice the FRAMES model:
• Begin with Feedback Using Completed Screening Tools
• Emphasize that the patient can make a change but what she will do is up
to her (Responsibility).
• Share at-risk drinking levels and give Advice about alcohol consumption
techniques.
• Discuss a Menu of Options with the patient and help the patient decide
what changes she can realistically make in relation to reducing
consumption.
• Express an understanding of the patient’s situation and acknowledge that
change can be difficult (Empathy); endorse the idea that even small
changes in the direction of risk reduction can be very beneficial.
• Express optimism that any change the patient can make will be a step on
the path to achieving a larger, health-related goal. The key is to leave the
patient with an increase in self-confidence (Self-Efficacy)

Referral to Treatment
for Patients at Risk for
Substance Dependence
Module 5

• Approximately 5% of patients screened will require referral to
substance use evaluation and treatment.
• A patient may be appropriate for referral when:
• Assessment of the patient’s responses to the screening reveals
serious medical, social, legal, or interpersonal consequences
associated with their substance use.
These high risk patients will receive a brief intervention followed by
referral.

0-7 Zone 1: Low Risk Use Alcohol education to support low-risk use – provide
brief advice
8-15 Zone 2: At Risk Use Brief Intervention (BI), provide advice focused on
reducing hazardous drinking
16-19 Zone 3: High Risk Use BI/EBI – Brief Intervention and/or Extended Brief
Intervention with possible referral to treatment
Disorder
Refer to specialist for diagnostic evaluation and
treatment

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Drinking Behavior Intervention Need
?%
20%
75%
Substance
Use Disorder
Low Risk or
Abstinence
No Intervention or
screening and
Feedback
Brief Intervention
and Referral for
additional Services
Developed by, and is used with permission of Daniel Hungerford, Ph.D., Epidemiologist, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

Heath B, Wise Romero P, and Reynolds K. A Review and Proposed Standard Framework for Levels of Integrated Healthcare. Washington, D.C.SAMHSA-HRSA Center for
Integrated Health Solutions. March 2013

“Warm hand-off”
Approach to Referrals
• Describe treatment options to patients based on available services. Ask permission to facilitate a
referral.
• If patients are going to be referred to another provider within your practice, provide an in-person
introduction and help facilitate communication about reason for referral with provider and patient.
• If patients are going to be referred outside of your practice, explain the way care will be coordinated
between providers and identify a point person responsible for facilitating the referral.
• Facilitate hand-off by:
• Calling to make appointment for patient/student
• Providing directions and clinic hours to patient/student
• Coordinating transportation when needed
• ALWAYS ensure proper follow-up and set this expectation with your patient.
• Request releases for care coordination.
• Keep the door open for other providers.
Source: Pacific Southwest ATTC (2011). SBIRT Curriculum, retrieved September 24, 2013 from http://www.attcnetwork.org/regcenters/productdetails.asp?prodID=784&rcID=11

• Always:
– Follow appropriate confidentiality (42, CFR-Part 2) and HIPAA
regulations when sharing information.
– Establish a relationship with your community provider(s) and
ensure you have a referral agreement.
– Maintain a list of providers, support services, and other
information that may be helpful to patients.
– Reduce barriers and build bridges.
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What if the person does not want
a referral?
Encourage follow-up – at the point of contact
• At follow-up visit:
• Inquire about use
• Review goals and progress
• Reinforce and motivate
• Review tips for progress

Video of a practitioner conducting referral for
high risk alcohol use
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