National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
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National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NIDA), part of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is one of the largest Federal clearinghouses, a one-stop resource for information about substance abuse prevention and addiction treatment.
The NCADI Web site is located at http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/
NCADI Mission and Services
The NCADI, designed to be the leading national source of information on substance abuse, both prevention and addiction treatment, offers more than 1,000 items to the public. Many of them are free of charge.
Among the NCADI services are:
• Information services staff (with English, Spanish and TDD-capability) available to respond to public inquiries on alcohol, drugs and tobacco
• Distribution of free or minimal cost materials on alcohol, drugs and tobacco including brochures, fact sheets, monographs, pamphlets, posters and video tapes from an NCADI inventory of more than 1,000 items
• Access to NCADI’s Prevention Materials Database, including access to more than 8,000 materials related to prevention, and the electronically-available Treatment Resources Database
• Customized searches of alcohol and drug databases in the form of annotated bibliographies
• A vast and culturally-diverse array of resources on intervention, prevention and treatment tailored for use by parents, prevention and treatment professionals, teachers and youth organizations
• Dissemination of announcements of Federal grants for alcohol, drugs and tobacco research funding opportunities, as well as prevention and treatment
Interested parties can also subscribe to receive periodic updates via email on the latest available SAMHSA publications and resources.
Source of NCADI Materials
NCADI distributes the latest available studies and surveys, guides, videocassettes and other information on substance abuse, prevention and treatment. These materials come from various agencies, such as the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and the U.S. Departments of Education and Labor.
Note that publications are no longer available through NCADI from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). For those publications, go to www.drugabuse.gov or contact the NIDA Research Dissemination Center at 1-877-643-2644.
Quick Find and Order
The NCADI Web site has a new tool enabling visitors to quickly find and order information on particular subjects. The current Quick Facts list includes:
• African Americans
• Alcohol
• American Indians/Alaska Natives
• Amyl nitrite
• Analgesics
• Asian/Pacific Islanders
• Binge Drinking
• Children of Substance Abusers
• Club Drugs
• Cocaine
• Codeine
• Crack
• Ecstasy
• Ethnic/Racial Groups
• Fentanyl
• Gamma Hydroxy Butyrate (GHB)
• Hashish
• Hispanic/Latinos
• Ketamine
• Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)
• Methaqualone
• Nicotine
• Nitrous Oxide
• Opiates/Narcotics
• Parents/Caregivers
• Phencyclidine (PCP)
• Prescription Drugs
• Psilocybin/Psilocin
• Rohypnol
• Steroids
• Teens
• Tobacco
• Women
• Workplace
Top 50
Each week the NCADI lists the top 50 requested publications. Recently, the top 10 requested topics concerned teens and drugs, with a total of 21 teen-related publications requested in the top 20. Other requested publications cover addiction, treatment, HIV/AIDS, older adults, drug fact sheets, substance use disorders in the workplace, alcohol and pregnancy, family therapy, Spanish-language publications, problem gambling and mental health issues.
Publications in Series
Many NCADI publications are part of a series. These can be ordered individually or as an entire series, either by requesting them online or by calling the NCADI clearinghouse. Some of the series publications include:
• Communities that Care (CTC)
• CSAP Resource Guides
• CSAT Treatment Advisory
• Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN)
• Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS)
• Knowledge Application Program Keys (KAP Keys)
• Making the Link Fact Sheets
• Mind Over Matter Series
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS)
• National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
• NIAAA Alcohol Alert
• NIAA Special Report to the U.S. Congress on Alcohol and Health
• Quick Guides (CSAT)
• SAMHSA Managed Care (TA)
• SAMHSA News
• SAMHSA Short Reports
• Technical Assistance Bulletins (TABs)
• Technical Assistance Publications (TAPS)
• Tips for Teens
• Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS)
• Treatment Improvement Protocols (TIPS)
• Uniform Facility Data Set (UFDS)
• What You Need To Know
Home Page Access
On the NCADI home page, located in the left margin, are five photos with links to pages with publications and materials available. These categories include Family, Youth, School, Workplace and Community.
Clicking on Family, for example, leads to a page where individuals can order publications and materials related to parents and caregivers. The Youth category contains information and links to resources for material related to teens and children. School has material related to educators, while Workplace is self-explanatory and Community is for ordering materials related to community coalitions.
Publications, Fact Sheets and Multimedia by Drug Type
Visitors to the NCADI Web site can select from 34 drug types to receive publications, find facts and statistics, order videotapes and access additional resource materials. The list of drugs goes from acid/LSD through Vicodin, and includes classes or groups of drugs such as club drugs, designer drugs, and prescription drugs. Many publications can be ordered online or by calling the NCADI clearinghouse.
Publications by Audiences
Another service offered by the NCADI is the ability for Web site visitors to order publications by audience, get facts and statistics, videotapes and other multimedia, and to access additional online resources. Publications can also be requested in other languages such as Cambodian, Chinese, Korean, Spanish and Vietnamese.
Some of the audience categories include children of substance abusers, college students, family and friends, older adults, persons with disabilities, rural communities, students and young adults, teens, veterans, women and workplace.
Publications by Issues
Enter the topic in the search box or go to the list of publications by issues. These are listed alphabetically, covering such topics that include (but are not limited to), addiction, anger, body building, child welfare, co-occurring disorders, drug abuse, drug testing, high risk youth, judgment, medication assisted therapies, preventing drug abuse, recovery, smoking/nicotine, stigma, street names (of drugs), stress and drug abuse, suicide, trauma, treatment, trends and statistics, and violence.
Contacting NCADI
NCADI information specialists are available 24-hours a day, 7 days a week. Call toll-free: 1-800-729-6686. Information requests can also be sent via postal mail, voice mail, email (using the online Contact Us form), TDD and fax.
SAMHSA’s National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
P. O. Box 2345
Rockville, MD 20847-2345
Toll-free: 1-800-729-6686
TDD: 1-800-487-4889
Hablamos espanol: 1-877-767-8432
Fax: (240) 221-4292
--Suzannekane 20:17, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
