Substance Use Disorder Resources

Use of recreational drugs, over the counter medications or prescription drugs can all lead to addiction. It frequently leads to problems at work, home, school, and in relationships, and leaving the user feeling isolated, helpless, or shamed.

TDMHSAS

Intersectionality with Brain Injury:

  • After brain injury, 70-80% are discharged from healthcare facilities with a prescription for opioids.
  • People with traumatic brain injury are ten times more likely to die of accidental overdose, in larger part because of cognitive and behavioral changes.
  • Within 8-12 months after injury, 10-20% will develop a substance use problem and that number will grow over time.
  • Approximately half of people receiving substance use treatment have at least one brain injury.
  • As high as 75% of people seeking both mental health and substance use treatment also have a brain injury.
  • Twenty-five percent of people entering brain injury rehabilitation are there as a result of drugs or alcohol and being intoxicated at the time of injury makes it harder for the brain to heal.
  • Those with childhood TBI are more likely to use drugs and alcohol as adults.
  • For every overdose death, there are approximately fifty overdose survivors, 90% of whom become impaired because of insufficient oxygen to the brain.
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Brain Injury & Substance Use Disorder

BEST PRACTICE: Substance Use treatment centers should:
SCREEN for prior history of Brain Injury
ASSESS Cognitive & Functional Impairment
EDUCATE staff on Brain Injury
EDUCATE the person about their Brain Injury
PROVIDE and TEACH Accommodations
CONNECT person served with Community Resources

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Recording_TBF: Substance Use

September 7, 2023, Presenters:
Matt Yancey Deputy Commissioner TDMHSAS
Taryn Sloss Assistant Commissioner for TDMHSAS Division of Substance Abuse Services
Jessica Youngblom TDMHSAS Director of Strategic Initiatives
Renea Bentley Executive Director of Behavioral Health, Amerigroup
Elizabeth Haren Director, Substance Use Disorder Services, UnitedHealthcare
Rhonda Roper Clinical Director Behavioral Health Services at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

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Substance Use Resources

PowerPoint slides from a presentation on substance use resources, delivered by Matt Yancey, Deputy Commissioner of TDMHSAS; Taryn Sloss, Assistant Commissioner for the Division of Substance Abuse Services at TDMHSAS; Jessica Youngblom, Director of Strategic Initiatives at TDMHSAS; Renea Bentley, Executive Director of Behavioral Health at Amerigroup; Elizabeth Haren, Director of Substance Use Disorder Services at UnitedHealthcare; and Rhonda Roper, Clinical Director of Behavioral Health Services at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, on September 7, 2023.

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Substance Use Disorder Resources

Intersectionality with Brain Injury:
After brain injury, 70-80% are discharged from healthcare facilities with a prescription for opioids.
People with traumatic brain injury are ten times more likely to die of accidental overdose, in larger part because of cognitive and behavioral changes.
Within 8-12 months after injury, 10-20% will develop a substance use problem and that number will grow over time.
Approximately half of people receiving substance use treatment have at least one brain injury.
As high as 75% of people seeking both mental health and substance use treatment also have a brain injury.
Twenty-five percent of people entering brain injury rehabilitation are there as a result of drugs or alcohol and being intoxicated at the time of injury makes it harder for the brain to heal.
Those with childhood TBI are more likely to use drugs and alcohol as adults.
For every overdose death, there are approximately fifty overdose survivors, 90% of whom become impaired because of insufficient oxygen to the brain.

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Substance Use Disorder Resources and Screening Tools

A curated set of screening, assessment, and crisis intervention tools to help identify needs and connect individuals to appropriate support.

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Screening & Crisis Support Tools

A curated set of screening, assessment, and crisis intervention tools to help identify needs and connect individuals to appropriate support.