Choose evidence-based screening tools and assessment resource materials
| Tool | Substance type | Patient age | How tool is administered | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol | Drugs | Adults | Adolescents | Self- administered |
Clinician- administered |
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| Screens | ||||||
| Screening to Brief Intervention (S2BI) | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Brief Screener for Alcohol, Tobacco, and other Drugs (BSTAD) | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription medication, and other Substance use (TAPS) | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for Youth: A Practitioner's Guide (NIAAA) | X | X | X | |||
| Opioid Risk Tool – OUD (ORT-OUD) Chart | X | X | X | |||
| Assessments | ||||||
| Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription medication, and other Substance use (TAPS) | X | X | X | X | X | |
| CRAFFT | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Drug Abuse Screen Test (DAST-10)* For use of this tool - please contact Dr. Harvey Skinner |
X | X | X | X | ||
| Drug Abuse Screen Test (DAST-20: Adolescent version)* For use of this tool - please contact Dr. Harvey Skinner |
X | X | X | X | ||
| NIDA Drug Use Screening Tool (NMASSIST) (discontinued in favor of TAPS screening above) | X | X | X | X | ||
| Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for Youth: A Practitioner's Guide (NIAAA) | X | X | X | |||
| *Tools with associated fees | ||||||
Other Validated Assessment Tools
- Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (PDF, 606KB) - Eleven-item scale to assess common opiate withdrawal symptoms.
- Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PDF, 131KB) - Nine-item self-report tool to assess depressed mood in the past 2 weeks.