Tracking Aberrant Behaviors and Structuring Care in Higher Risk Patients

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Structuring Care for Higher Risk Patients

• Managing Chronic Pain in Adults With or in Recovery From Substance Use Disorders, US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) 54
• Savage SR, Kirsch K, Passik S, Challenges in using opioids to treat pain in persons with substance use disorders (*broken link)

Aberrant Drug Related Behaviors Tracking

• Addiction Behaviors Checklist, validated instrument
• Aberrant Behaviors and Attitudes Checklist. Clinical tool from the QEII Pain Management Clinic in Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Adverse effects, function, dependence checklist. Utah Guidelines from various sources