Screening and Assessment Tools Chart | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Choose evidence-based screening tools and assessment resource materials

Tool	Substance type		Patient age		How tool is administered
Tool	Alcohol	Drugs	Adults	Adolescents	Self- administered	Clinician- administered
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
Opioid Risk Tool (PDF, 168KB)		X	X		X
Helping Patients Who Drink Too Much: A Clinician's Guide (NIAAA)	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
Helping Patients Who Drink Too Much: A Clinician's Guide (NIAAA)	X		X			X
Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for Youth: A Practitioner's Guide (NIAAA)	X			X		X
*Tools with associated fees

Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (PDF, 606KB) - Eleven-item scale to assess common opiate withdrawal symptoms.
McCaffrey Initial Pain Assessment Tool (PDF, 111KB) - Ten-item questionnaire to assess a patient's pain.
Pain Assessment and Documentation Tool (PDF, 426KB) - Tool to assess pain-related outcomes and document long-term pain management.
Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PDF, 131KB) - Nine-item self-report tool to assess depressed mood in the past 2 weeks.

March 21, 2022