Considerations for Addressing Adolescent Substance Use in a Telehealth Environment

Telehealth is a viable modality for substance use screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) in the pediatric medical home. This video outlines some considerations when addressing substance use with adolescents in a telehealth environment. 

Related Resources

• AAP Substance Use and Prevention
• AAP clinical report: Substance Use, Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment
• AAP video: Using Brief Intervention to Address Substance Use
• Center for Adolescent Health & the Law
• Confidentiality Protections for Adolescents and Young Adults in the Health Care Billing and Insurance Claims Process
• EQIPP Course: EQIPP: Substance Use – Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment (Online Course)
• National Network of Child Psychiatry Access Programs
• Pediatric Mental Health Care Access (PMHCA) Program

These videos were developed in partnership with The Institute for Innovation and Implementation at the University of Maryland Baltimore. We are grateful for their subject matter expertise in mental/behavioral health for children and youth and in instructional design, and for their commitment to social justice and to building culturally-responsive child-, youth-, and family-serving systems throughout the development of this module series.

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $6,000,000 with no percentage financed with nongovernmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the US Government.