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Substance Use Disorder Screening in Adolescent Patients in Primary Care: Findings, Challenges, Lessons Learned [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

SUD screening is not universally done in primary care (PC). In our institution, screenings are completed for patients ≥15 years during well visits; those not presenting for well visits and under 15 may represent missed opportunities. Thus, the actual positive rate in this site may be higher.

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

Is there a screening tool that we can use, or just questions that you ask older adults around driving safety? We and many others have tried to come up with a short, validated screening tool. ” So a lot of times it’s a referral back to their primary care, to a specialist-. “How are things going?”

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