Products and Resources Catalog

Understanding Substance Use Disorders is a 2-hour, self-paced course that provides a science-based introduction to substance use, substance use disorders (SUDs), and SUD treatment. It was designed for undergraduate, graduate and health professions students and practitioners who do not have a background in addictions. 2.0 Hours Continuing Education Available, NAADAC, CHES

A Tour of Motivational Interviewing: An Interprofessional Road Map for Behavior Change is a four-hour course in Motivational Interviewing (MI), a form of collaborative conversation for strengthening a person's own motivation and commitment to change, by eliciting and exploring the person's own reasons for change within an atmosphere of acceptance and compassion. This course takes the learner on a tour of the essential skills used to strengthen an individual’s motivation for behavior change. This online course was prepared by the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Nursing and Health Studies’ Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center (Mid-America ATTC), under a cooperative agreement from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).            

September 2016

Summer 2016

An educational product designed for all members of a multidisciplinary team in a treatment and recovery services setting for people with substance use disorders. It has four modules with general topics: Competences, Theoretical models, Professional ethics, and Neurobiology. These modules provide basic and essential information on each of the topics and are presented in a video format where images and text are accompanied by a narrative of the content.  

March 2016

November 2015

Autumn 2015 

This 90-minute, self-paced course is designed to briefly familiarize medical and behavioral health professionals with hepatitis C virus (HCV), specifically: 1) populations at risk; 2) hepatitis C, the disease; 3) screening processes; and 4) treatment options.

This 4-hour course is on Motivational Interviewing (MI), a form of collaborative conversation for strengthening a person’s own motivation and commitment to change by eliciting and exploring the person’s own reasons for change within an atmosphere of acceptance and compassion. This course takes learners on a tour of the essential skills used to strengthen an individual’s motivation for behavioral change.

La Administración de Salud Mental y Abuso de Sustancias (conocida como SAMHSA por sus siglas en inglés) es una agencia del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Sociales de los Estados Unidos que tiene como visión el desarrollo de una vida en la comunidad para todos.

Brochure on gambling-Hispanic and Latinos.

A brief essential guide for cultural elements in treating Hispanics and Latinos.

Motivational Incentives: Positive Reinforcers to Enhance Successful Treatment Outcomes is 5-hour, self-paced course, designed to assist clinical supervisors in designing and customizing a Motivational Incentives program within the context of their community-based treatment organization.   > Checklist: Principles of Motivational Incentives   Developed by the NIDA/SAMHSA MI: PRESTO Blending Team.        

Please check out our updated transcript document on the topic of abuse of pain medications based on a symposium conducted in Minnesota in 2012.

Stigma often makes addicted and recovering people, family and friends, treatment professionals, community activists, and other stakeholders feel powerless, angry, and frustrated. This guide is designed to help people become empowered and to provide practical tools by which people can become involved in stigma prevention activities.    This resource provides practical information about a variety of approaches to prevent addiction-related stigma. Some are especially simple and can be initiated by individuals on their own. These include tips on using stigma-free language and writing letters to the editor. Some approaches are comprehensive, such as developing a community action group and implementing a community-based campaign.

This is one of two issues addressing the 8 SAMHSA's Strategic Initiative. These issues emphasizes on a general overview of the 8 initiatives and provide a more detailed description on Trauma and Justice, Health Information Technology, and Data, Outcomes and Quality.

Lists competencies necessary for effective supervision in alcohol abuse and drug abuse treatment programs. Provides administrators with step-by-step guidelines for implementing a comprehensive supervisory training and workforce development component.

Este producto es un periódico bianual que discute temas relacionados al campo de la adicción.

Este producto es un periadico bianual que discute temas relacionados al campo de la adiccian.

Promoting Awareness of Motivational Incentives (PAMI) is based on the positive research outcomes and lessons learned from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Clinical Trials Network (CTN) study, titled Motivational Incentives for Enhanced Drug Abuse Recovery (MIEDAR) along with feedback from the Fishbowl Method. This product (revised 2011) is the most comprehensive awareness resource available for Motivational Incentives to date. It includes a detailed PowerPoint presentation highlighting Dr. Nancy Petry's Fishbowl Method, and a testimonial-based video which speaks to any audience about Motivational Incentives. Supporting this multi-media product is a wide variety of research-based resources which serve as a tool kit to help generate both funding and practice ideas. See for yourself how the Fishbowl Method can both energize staff and retain patients.         Watch Video Below: Using Motivational Incentives        

Motivational Incentives: Positive Reinforcers to Enhance Successful Treatment Outcomes is 5-hour, self-paced course, designed to assist clinical supervisors in designing and customizing a Motivational Incentives program within the context of their community-based treatment organization. Developed by the NIDA/SAMHSA MI: PRESTO Blending Team. Disclaimer: This course may contain older information, broken links and reduced functionality. There are no plans to update it at this time. We are continuing to provide access to this course as information only. No certificates will be awarded.