{"id":1769,"date":"2020-01-15T13:58:23","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T18:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nhoralhealth.org\/?page_id=1769"},"modified":"2026-02-24T15:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:12:12","slug":"sbirt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nhoralhealth.org\/blog\/dentaquest-2\/sbirt\/","title":{"rendered":"Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)<\/h6>\n<p>SBIRT is an evidenced-based practice that involves three main elements \u2013 Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment.\u00a0 It is a practice that encourages healthy behaviors, identifies problematic drug and alcohol use early, reduces substance misuse, and refers individuals to treatment if they need it. It involves a process of steps that a healthcare professional including dental clinicians can take to assess alcohol and drug use behaviors in their patients to reduce risks to their health and well-being.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lyXnADvDCK8&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watch dental providers help their patients recognize the effects of substance use on their oral health\u00a0in this video<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedoorway.nh.gov\/welcome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Doorway<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedoorway.nh.gov\/doorway-locations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Doorway Treatment Locator<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/todayisfor.me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Today Is for Me<\/a> <em>(targeted specifically for women who are pregnant or planning to get pregnant)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) SBIRT is an evidenced-based practice that involves three main elements \u2013 Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment.\u00a0 It is a practice that encourages healthy behaviors, identifies problematic drug and alcohol use early, reduces substance misuse, and refers individuals to treatment if they need it. It involves &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nhoralhealth.org\/blog\/dentaquest-2\/sbirt\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":40,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1769","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhoralhealth.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhoralhealth.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhoralhealth.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhoralhealth.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhoralhealth.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1769"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nhoralhealth.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3332,"href":"https:\/\/nhoralhealth.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1769\/revisions\/3332"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhoralhealth.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhoralhealth.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}