AOD Screening Tools for Youth



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)

|

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)

|

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)

|

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)

|

Binge drinkers |

10 minutes |Appropriate for schools |Identifies alcohol use, frequency, potential abuse |

Free |Highly reliable | |

DAP Quick Screen

(Vienna Pediatrics Associates, 1990)

|

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)



|

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 | |



|

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



|

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)



|

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



|

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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