News Report | August 7, 2016
Alabama To Launch Primary Care Addiction Screening Program
On July 21, 2016, the University of Alabama School of Social Work (UA SSW) announced it was selected by the Alabama Department of Mental Health (ADMH) to launch a primary care addiction screening program. UA SSW was awarded a five-year contract valued at $8 million to expand the AL-SBIRT program that provides alcohol and drug screenings, brief interventions and referral to treatment (SBIRT) into primary care settings. The contract is funded by a new grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Health care professionals providing SBIRT use motivational interviewing to do quick assessments for . . .