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Clinical Pathways Resource Guide - CEIC

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Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance<br />

Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST-v3)<br />

(ASSIST v3)<br />

Purpose: An instrument developed for the World Health Organization (WHO)<br />

by an international group of substance abuse researchers to detect detect<br />

and<br />

manage substance use and related problems in primary and general<br />

medical care settings.<br />

<strong>Clinical</strong> utility: Screening test for alcohol, cigarettes, and illegal drugs.<br />

Groups with whom this instrument has been used: Adults and adolescents,<br />

valid for cross-cultural cross cultural use.<br />

Format: The questionnaire consists of eight questions covering 10 main<br />

substance groups.<br />

Administration time: 5-10 10 minutes<br />

Scoring time: 1 minute<br />

Computer scoring? no<br />

Administrator training and qualifications: Low level, minimal training<br />

Fee for use: Free for research<br />

Available from: http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/activities/assist/en/<br />

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