Behavioral Tools for Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder

This video introduces brief, practical behavioral tools for primary care providers to support patients with alcohol use disorder. It highlights strategies that help patients identify triggers for alcohol cravings and develop skills to prevent or manage a return to drinking. The video focuses on the RAC framework (Recognize, Avoid, Cope) and behavior chain analysis to map the sequence of events that leads to drinking, as well as mindfulness-based “urge surfing” to manage cravings. It emphasizes that even short clinical encounters can be used to build effective coping strategies and improve treatment engagement and outcomes. We've also launched a worksheet that complements this video for health care professionals to use with their patients while using these brief behavioral tools. You can find that here: https://966f6cb79d3f02886f6e-90970f0e...