SAMPLE AOD SCREENING TOOLS
(This does not represent a comprehensive list)
AOD Screening Tools / Priority populations / Time to complete / Setting / Areas Screened / Cost / Reliability/Validity
Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series – Best Practice Guidelines (suggested protocols for screening and assessment)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=hstat5.part.22441 / High rate users / 10 minutes / Appropriate for Schools / AOD use, frequency, recent use; identify abuse, need for treatment/assessment / Free / n/a
GAIN Short Screener
(Chestnut Health Systems, 2005)
http://www.chestnut.org/LI/gain/GAIN_SS/index.html / High rate users, COSAPs and foster youth; available in Spanish / 5 minutes / Appropriate for Schools; juvenile justice settings / AOD use, frequency, recent use, mental health, behavior; identify need for further assessment / Yes / Highly reliable/
valid/
specific
Personal Experience Screening Questionnaire (PESQ)
(Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse, 1991)
http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/Assesing%20Alcohol/InstrumentPDFs/50_PESQ.pdf / High rate users / 10 minutes / Appropriate for schools / Identifies need for further assessment, AOD use & frequency / Yes / Highly reliable/valid
Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index (RAPI)
http://eib.emcdda.europa.eu/html.cfm/index4200EN.html / Binge drinkers / 10 minutes / Appropriate for schools / Identifies alcohol use, frequency, potential abuse / Free / Highly reliable
DAP Quick Screen
(Vienna Pediatrics Associates, 1990)
http://eib.emcdda.europa.eu/html.cfm/index4381EN.html / High rate users, COSAPS, foster youth / 10 minutes / Appropriate for schools; traditionally used by physicians / Identify risk for substance abuse / Free / Not research based
Problem Oriented Screening Instrument for Teenagers (POSIT)
(National Institute for Drug Abuse –NIDA, 1991)
http://eib.emcdda.europa.eu/html.cfm/index3654EN.html / High rate users, ideal for COSAPS, foster youth; available in Spanish / 20 minutes / Appropriate for schools / Designed to identify potential problem substance abuse and mental health areas that require further in-depth assessment / Free / Highly reliable/
valid
AOD Screening Tools / Priority populations / Time to complete / Setting / Areas Screened / Cost / Reliability/
Validity
AlcoholScreening.Org
http://www.alcoholscreening.org/ / Binge drinkers / 10 minutes; self-administered online survey / Appropriate for schools, online access needed / Identifies hazardous, binge-drinking and at-risk for binge-drinking behavior / Free / n/a
MAYSI-II
http://www.maysiware.com/MAYSI2.htm / High rate users, ideal for COSAPS, foter youth / 10 minutes / Primarily used in juvenile justice settings but can be used in schools / AOD risk and abuse, frequency, recency; ID for potential treatment or assessment; mental health component identifies need for treatment / Yes / Validated on adjudicated, high risk & mainstream
youth population
SASSI (Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory)
http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/Assesing%20Alcohol/InstrumentPDFs/66_SASSI.pdf / High rate users / 10 minutes / Primarily used in mental health settings / Psychological screening, identify need for assessment for substance abuse disorder / Yes / Extremely reliable and valid
CRAFFT
http://www.projectcork.org/clinical_tools/pdf/CRAFFT.pdf / High rate users / 5 minutes / Appropriate for school settings / Identify need for assessment for substance abuse / Free / Internally consistent, high sensitivity and specificity rates among adolescents who use AOD.
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