Title: Trauma Patients and Substance Use Disorders<br/>Author: Robert Flint<br/><a href='http://umem.org/profiles/faculty/2561/'>[Click to email author]</a><hr/><p> <span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">In December 2022, The American College of Surgeons released a practice guidine discussing screening trauma patients for mental health disorders and substance use disorders. There is a very high likelihood that your acute trauma patient has a pre-existing disorder.</span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">"Over 50% of hospitalized trauma patients report an alcohol and/or drug use diagnosis during their lifetime. At the time of admission, one in four trauma victims meet diagnostic criteria for an active alcohol use problem and 18% meet diagnostic criteria for a drug use problem".</span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Screening, Brief Intervention and Referal to Treatment (SBIRT) programs have a major impact on injury recidivism and future mortality. Trauma patients should be screened for mental health disorders and substance use disorders. </span></span></p> <fieldset><legend>References</legend>
<p -webkit-text-stroke-color:="" arial="" class="p1" mt="" rounded="" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "> <span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">BEST PRACTICES GUIDELINES SCREENING AND INTERVENTION FOR MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS AND SUBSTANCE USE AND MISUSE IN THE ACUTE TRAUMA PATIENT American College of Surgeons December 2022</span></p> <p -webkit-text-stroke-color:="" arial="" class="p2" mt="" rounded="" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "> <span class="s2" style="text-decoration-line: underline; font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.facs.org/media/nrcj31ku/mental-health-guidelines.pdf">https://www.facs.org/media/nrcj31ku/mental-health-guidelines.pdf</a></span></p> </fieldset>