Part of SAMHSA’s Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) series, this manual provides best-practice guidelines for practitioners offering mental health and substance use disorder treatment services to individuals experiencing homelessness. It defines types of intervention and prevention, stages of recovery, and forms of treatment through discussion and vignettes, as well as a literature review.

This tip sheet discusses the needs of individuals with co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders after a disaster. It also covers key considerations for healthcare practitioners and others who provide services and formal and informal support after disasters for individuals with co-occurring disorders.

This web page provides information on prevention and treatment of substance misuse during and immediately after a disaster. It also explains ways to prevent substance misuse and provides treatment information.

This web page offers information on the risks of substance use or misuse after a disaster or other emergency. It also gives an overview of short- and long-term risks of substance misuse. It offers tips for how to manage alcohol or drug use and signs that your substance use may have become a problem.

In this online fact sheet, NIDA defines and describes drug addiction, identifies goals and important elements of treatment, and explains how medications and therapies are used in treatment. This resource also discusses treatment for individuals with addiction who are in the criminal justice system.

This website provides information on SBIRT, which it describes as "an approach to the delivery of early intervention and treatment to people with substance use disorders and those at risk of developing these disorders."

This website provides information on Seeking Safety therapy, an evidence-based treatment that helps people with trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder, and substance misuse. It provides information on Seeking Safety trainings and articles on Seeking Safety, trauma, and substance misuse.

Part of SAMHSA’s Technical Assistance Publication (TAP) series, this handbook provides programs that treat people with mental and substance use disorders with information and tools for disaster planning.

This journal article explores the issues that occur when medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder is disrupted by a disaster. Through interviews with health professionals and emergency managers, it identifies the elements that should be included in disaster planning in relation to medication-assisted treatment.

This web page is also available in a downloadable PDF and provides tips on how to manage alcohol, drug, and medication use following a disaster. It also provides information for people who have experienced an alcohol or drug problem in the past and are worried about misusing substances again after a disaster. Disaster response workers can provide this resource to survivors as an overview of the topic of post-disaster substance use.

This online resource from SAMHSA allows users to search for mental illness and substance use disorder treatment services in their area. First responders may find it useful in finding services for themselves or their coworkers or in referring individuals to treatment. Searches can be limited by state, county, and distance from a specific location.

This website provides an online resource locator that lists physicians who have attained authorization to treat individuals with opioid use disorder with buprenorphine (a semi-synthetic opioid used to treat narcotics use disorders). Site visitors can search for physicians authorized to provide medication-assisted treatment (MAT) with buprenorphine by city, state, or ZIP code.

This mobile app is designed to support healthcare practitioners in prescribing opioids as part of treatment for chronic pain in ways compliant with CDC’s guideline to ensure safe, effective prescribing and treatment involving opioid pain relievers.

This blog post discusses the importance of addressing issues related to opioid misuse and addiction as part of overall disaster preparedness, response, and recovery plans. It includes ways to plan for disruptions in treatment, as well as increases in illicit drug use. It also provides information on how to protect first responders from accidental exposure to potent substances such as illicit fentanyl.

This article discusses the challenges emergency response professionals may face responding to disasters during the ongoing opioid crisis. Topics include maintaining access to key pharmaceuticals, staffing disaster medical teams, coordinating with local service providers, and providing legal and ethical guidance to first responders.

This article describes research on the process and effects of merging, after Hurricane Sandy, of substance use disorder treatment programs in New York City to ensure continuity of care. Investigators interviewed healthcare practitioners in the programs to understand challenges and measures they took that proved successful in terms of patient retention and both patient and staff health and well-being following the hurricane.

This pamphlet provides information on what may define a substance use problem and its relation to trauma. It also discusses the effects of substance misuse on traumatic stress, and how to approach treatment for people who are suffering from both.

This resource is a curriculum for people who will be serving as peer specialists, or those with lived experience of recovery from mental illness or substance use disorders who provide support to people currently experiencing mental illness or substance use disorders.

This toolkit explores the importance of self-care and resilience building for professionals in health care and mental health and substance use disorder treatment fields during the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides a case scenario for participants to identify signs of stress and highlights strategies for developing a mental health and wellness plan.

This document addresses the needs of school-aged youth in Indigenous communities by providing tools for educators, administrators, and mental health and substance use disorder treatment professionals to support resilience building and well-being. It includes a historical review, case scenarios, and best practices based on cultural awareness practices.

This part of the SAMHSA Disaster Technical Assistance Center (DTAC) website explains that responders face heightened risk of mental illness and substance use disorders due to the nature of their work. It identifies signs of stress; ways to manage stress; and related resources from SAMHSA DTAC, including online trainings, webcasts, and tip sheets.

This free, 1-hour online course for fire and emergency medical services (EMS) personnel provides information on stressors and mental health and substance use issues and conditions that are more common in fire and EMS. It also covers techniques for healthy coping and stress management. The course is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Pre-hospital Continuing Education for continuing education credit.

This webinar from the Center for Health Care Strategies explores the benefits of trauma-informed treatment and services for individuals with substance use disorder and previous or current traumatic experience. Healthcare professionals share their experiences with patients and staff in trauma-informed healthcare professional organizations, highlighting key practices that influence better outcomes for patients and staff alike.

This six-module course is designed to help mental health and substance use disorder treatment professionals improve services for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, or members of other sexual orientation and gender identity minority groups (LGBTQ+). Modules focus on understanding the unique needs of this population, working with transgender people, and more.

This web page presents resources from SAMHSA and other organizations related to mental health and substance use in LGBTQI+ people. The web page identifies SAMHSA programs and initiatives, SAMHSA resources, and other federal resources.