Explore practical, research-based resources to guide alcohol education and care.
The Healthcare Professional's Core Resource on Alcohol
The Core Resource on Alcohol offers free CME/CE credit for 14 practical, evidence-based articles for health care professionals about alcohol and health, including foundational knowledge, clinical impacts and strategies for preventing and treating alcohol problems.
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The Provider’s Clinical Support System-Medications forAlcohol Use Disorder (PCSS-MAUD)
PCSS-MAUD is a national project organized by the American Society for Addiction Medicine to provide free, comprehensive training, guidance and mentoring on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of AUD. PCSS-MAUD aims to enhance the capacity of physicians, nurse practitioners, physician associates/physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, substance use disorder counseling professionals and other health care professionals to treat individuals with AUD, including the use of Food and Drug Administration approved medications for AUD.
Communities Talk to Prevent Alcohol and Other Drug Misuse
Communities Talk to prevent alcohol and other drug misuse is an initiative sponsored by SAMHSA which focuses on alcohol and other drug misuse that negatively impacts communities and youth. The initiative provides prevention resources to community-based organizations, colleges and universities.
Underage and college drinking research and resources
Alcohol use in Indiana Youth
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30% of youth in Indiana use alcohol
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11% of youth in Indiana use alcohol in hazardous way, including binge drinking (drinking more than 4/5 drinks per drinking occasion for boys and girls, respectively)
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Drinking impairs judgment, interferes with brain development and increases risk of injury and death
Screening and brief interventions for youth

Medications
Medication for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder: A Brief Guide (SAMHSA-NIAAA, 2015)
Surveillance reports and epidemiologic resources
This grouping of NIAAA Resources contains data directories and reports on alcohol-related problems.
US alcohol epidemiologic data reference manuals
Alcohol epidemiologic data directory
Alcohol Policy Information System (APIS)
National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions-III (NESARC-III)
Alcohol Use in the United States: Age Groups and Demographic Characteristics