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Human Services Department announces screening tool to help prevent substance use disorder  

ePrevention will help screen more patients for substance use disorder across the state  

 

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Human Services Department (HSD) announced today that they partnered with CHESS Health to launch ePrevention, a screening tool that can help identify high-risk substance use and prompt healthcare providers and community organizations to respond to and refer at-risk individuals to supports and services to prevent the development of substance use disorder (SUD). This approach follows an evidence-based protocol for SUD prevention and recovery known as Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT).  

 

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