Premium
SBIRT in teens reduces health care utilization three years later, but increases substance use visits
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7567
pISSN - 1527-8395
DOI - 10.1002/cpu.30403
Subject(s) - brief intervention , substance use , medicine , primary care , referral , intervention (counseling) , mental health , health care , substance abuse , family medicine , psychiatry , economic growth , economics
Most studies on the use of screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT), a primary care model for screening and prevention of substance use, in adolescents have looked only at outcomes related to substance use. But SBIRT can also affect use of medical services, as well as comorbidities. Researchers found that SBIRT does reduce psychiatry visits, mental health diagnoses, and chronic conditions at 1 and 3 years following the intervention. Ultimately, providing SBIRT in primary care may reduce utilization in other areas of health care later on, researchers write in the May issue of Pediatrics .