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Bridging the Gap between Science and Clinical Practice - ASAM 2025

ASAM is requesting your input on which areas of addiction clinical practice are most in need of further research. This input will be shared with federal research agencies including the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). We are also planning a listening session called "Bridging the Gap between Science and Clinical Practice" with federal research agency representatives at the ASAM 56th Annual Conference.

Please provide input on the questions below and add any questions or comments you may have for the federal agencies at the end of the form.

If you have any questions about the session or the questionnaire, please email Radhika Sagar, OTR/L, MOT, Clinical Algorithm Analyst, at rsagar@asam.org. Thank you!
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What are the top three clinical practice questions you have around treating alcohol use disorder?

How comfortable are you prescribing medications to treat alcohol use disorder (for prescribers) or recommending your patients consider taking medication to treat alcohol use disorder?
How often do you access NIAAA resources, e.g., Healthcare Professional’s Core Resource on Alcohol, NIAAA Treatment Navigator, related to AUD/alcohol-related problems?
What are the implications of the decreasing, but still elevated, rate of overdose deaths for your practice?  
How comfortable are you in recommending use of psychedelics as part of treatment for your patients with substance use disorders? What about GLP-1 agonists?
What are your most pressing questions about treating co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders? How are you managing patients with these complex co-occurring conditions?
What changes at the state level (such as state policy, payment models and reimbursement, or other factors) would make it easier to deliver high-quality integrated behavioral health services in primary care?
Where do you go for information or resources to support the integration of behavioral health in primary care?
Which tools or resources (that you currently do not have) would make a substantial improvement in your ability to practice integrated care?
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