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Assist
The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST)
Manual for use in primary care

Assist
The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST)
Manual for use in primary care

WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST): manual for use in primary care / prepared by R.Humeniuk… [et al]. 1.Substance abuse detection - methods. 2.Primary health care. 3.Substance-related disorders diagnosis. 4.Manuals. I. Humeniuk, Rachel. II.Henry-Edwards, S. III.Ali, Robert. IV.Poznyak, Vladimir. V.Monteiro, Maristela G. VI.World Health Organization. ISBN 978 92 4 159938 2 (NLM classification: WM 270)

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Contents
Acknowledgements 1 Purposeofthemanual 2 WhatistheASSIST? 3 DevelopmentoftheASSISTandlinkedbriefintervention 4 Rationaleforscreeningforsubstanceuse 5 WhocanusetheASSIST? 6Whichclientsshouldbescreened? 7 Problemsrelatedtosubstanceuse 8 Specifichealthproblemsfromindividualsubstances 9 ConsideringtheclientwhenadministeringtheASSIST 10TheASSISTintroduction 11 GoodpracticeinASSISTquestionnaireadministration 12HowtoadministertheASSISTquestionnaire 13ScoringoftheASSISTquestionnaire 14InterpretationofASSISTscores15LinkingASSISTscoreswithtreatment 16 HowtoincludescreeningwiththeASSISTineverydaypractice 17Guidetoappendices Appendices A TheAlcohol,SmokingandSubstanceInvolvementScreeningTest(ASSISTv3.1) 42 B ASSISTv3.1responsecard C ASSISTv3.1feedbackreportcard D ASSISTrisksofinjectingcard ❘ Informationforclients E Translationandadaptationtolocallanguagesandculture:aresourceforcliniciansandresearchers F Answerstoself-testingquestionsfromChapter11 G Twoclientscripts( ‘Chloe’and‘Dave’) ClientscriptASSISTv3.1(Chloe) ❘ Responsesforpairedroleplay ClientscriptASSISTv3.1(Dave) ❘ Responsesforpairedroleplay References 48 49 53 54 55 56 57 62 67 iv 1 2 4 6 7 8 9 11 19 20 22 24 32 34 35 37 41

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