Centerstone Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (C-SBIRT) will enhance and expand the continuum of care for substance use disorder services by integrating SBIRT in 6 Tennessee counties (Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart). C-SBIRT will pre-screen an unduplicated total of 35,000 individuals (ages 12+) presenting in primary care/community health settings (Y1: 3,000; Y2: 7,000; Y3: 10,000; Y4: 11,000; Y5: 4,000).
C-SBIRT’s focus population demographics are expected to mirror the catchment area’s 320,500 children, adolescents, and adults (ages 12+): 48% male, 52% female, 76% white, 12% African American, and 6% Hispanic/Latino individuals. Subpopulations include the 45% of catchment area individuals who live in rural areas, the 14% who are Veterans, and the 18% who are racial/ethnic minorities. Consistent with the area’s clinical characteristics, over 21,000 catchment area individuals are expected to have a substance use disorder (SUD), including 126 with opioid use disorder, and 11,000 catchment area adults, co-occurring disorder (COD). More than 14,800 catchment individuals are expected to have an alcohol use disorder (AUD).
C-SBIRT’s strategies/interventions include expanding screenings to identify risky substance use and alcohol/other drug consumption and initiate appropriate evidence-based response. C-SBIRT will use validated screening instruments, including the National Institute of Drug Abuse’s and National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse’s Single Question Screen universal pre-screenings, as well as the AUDIT, DAST-10, and PHQ-9, as indicated, among adults. Youth will receive the Brief Screener for Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Drugs (BSTAD) pre-screening, as well as the PHQ-A and Car, Relax, Alone, Friends/Family, Forget, Trouble (CRAFFT) full screening, as indicated. SAMHSA’s Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) 34: Brief Interventions and Brief Therapies for Substance Abuse will provide a framework for delivering the evidence-based brief intervention, Brief Negotiated Interview, and evidence-based brief treatments, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT). Project goals include: 1) Implement a project to provide comprehensive, cost-effective SBIRT services; 2) Develop a sound infrastructure and capacity to enhance, expand, and sustain SBIRT services; 3) Improve outcomes among participants receiving brief intervention, brief treatment, and treatment via referrals; and 4) Develop/disseminate a documented service model for statewide and national replication/adoption. Measurable objectives include: reduce reported days of alcohol/ substance use by 60%; reduce reported days experiencing mental health symptoms by 40% among those with COD; reduce reported days of opioid use by 60% among those who screen positive for opioid use; increase reported abstinence from use by 60%; reduce reported inpatient an ER utilization by 40%; and achieve 80% client retention rate. C-SBIRT has secured commitments from partners dedicated to the project’s success, and will collaborate with primary care providers, including pediatric providers, specialty treatment providers, and key community stakeholders.