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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Child Adolesc Subst Abuse. 2010 Jan;19(1):33–47. doi: 10.1080/10678280903400578

Appendix.

Instruments Developed by Others Used by Highly Regarded Adolescent Substance Abuse Programs*

Tool name Published manual Peer reviewed Age demographic
ADIS Yes Yes Adolescents
Adolescent Drug Abuse Diagnosis (ADAD) Yes Yes Adolescents
Adolescent Self Assessment Profile II (ASAP) Yes Yes Adolescents
Alabama Psychosocial Assessment Tool No – training conducted by state No Adults and Adolescents
American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) placement criteria Yes Unknown Adults and Adolescents
Addiction Severity Index (ASI)/Teen ASI (TASI) Yes Yes Adolescents
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test Yes Yes Adults
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) Yes Yes Adults and Adolescents
Behavioral Emotional Rating Scale (BERS) Yes Yes Adolescents
Stanford Binet Intelligence Skills Yes Yes Adults and Adolescents
Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) Yes Yes Adults
Burns Anxiety Inventory Yes Yes Adults
CAGE questionnaire Yes Yes Adults and Adolescents
Caroll Depression Inventory Yes Yes Adults
Comprehensive Addiction Severity Inventory (CASI) Yes Yes Adolescents
Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) Yes Yes Adolescents
Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) Yes Yes Adolescents
Child Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) Yes Yes Adults and Adolescents
CATS developed by Phoenix House Yes No Adults and Adolescents
Conners’ Rating Scales Yes Yes Adolescents
Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-20) Yes Yes Adults
Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC) Yes Yes Adolescents
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV-R) Yes Yes Unknown
Family Adaptation and Cohesion Scales (FACES III) Yes Yes Adults and Adolescents
Family Assessment Measures (FAM/FAM 3) Yes Yes Adults and Adolescents
Family Assessment Scale Unknown Unknown Unknown
Family Environment Scale Yes Yes Adults and Adolescents
Form 90 Yes Yes Adults and Adolescents
Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN/GAIN-I/GAIN-Q) Yes Yes Adults and Adolescents
Hazelden Youth 40 Questionnaire Unknown Unknown Unknown
House Tree Person (H-T-P) Yes Yes Adolescents
HEADSS for Adolescents Yes Unknown Adolescents
Individual Addiction Profile Unknown Unknown Unknown
Jesness Inventory (JI) Yes Yes Adults and Adolescents
Kansas Client Placement Criteria Yes No Adults and Adolescents
Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI) Yes Yes Adolescents
MAJORS Assessment System (MAS) No No Adolescents
Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) Yes Yes Adults and Adolescents
Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument (MAYSI II/MAYSI) Yes Yes Adolescents
Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI) Yes Yes Adults
Mental Health Screening Form III developed by Project Return Foundation Inc. Yes Unknown Adults
Minnesota Multiphasic Personal Inventory (MMPI/MMPIA) Yes Yes Adults (Separate children’s version available)
Modified MINI Screen (MMS)/Modified Mini Mental State Exam (MMMSE) Yes Yes Adults
MINI Kid Yes Yes Adolescents
OASIS Comprehensive Psychosocial Yes No Unknown
ODADAS Level of Care/ODADAS Yes No Adults and Adolescents
Practical Adolescent Dual Diagnostic Interview (PADDI) Yes Yes Adolescents
Parent Adolescent Communication Scale Yes Yes Adolescents and Parents
Parenting Scale Yes Yes Adolescents
Parenting Stress Index Yes Yes Parents of Adolescents
Personal Experience Inventory (PEI) Yes Yes Adolescents
Personality Assessment Inventory Yes Yes Adults
PREPARE-ENRICH Yes Yes Adults
Problem Oriented Screening Instrument for Teenagers (POSIT) Yes Yes Adolescents
Psychiatric Research Interview for Substance and Mental Disorders (PRISM) Yes Yes Adults
Problem Situation Inventory (PSI) Yes Yes Adults
Readiness Ruler Yes Yes N/a
RELATE Yes Yes Adults
Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale (RADS) Yes Yes Adolescents
Salt Lake County MIS Form Unknown Unknown Unknown
SAPI Unknown Unknown Unknown
Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory (SASSI) Yes Yes Adults and Adolescents
SBSL90 Unknown Unknown Unknown
Self Image Profile Yes Yes Adolescents
Service Utilization Form Yes Yes Unknown
Stages of Change Readiness and Treatment Eagerness Scale - Socrates Screening Inventory Yes Yes Adults
Solutions for Ohio’s Quality Improvement and Compliance (SOQIC) Yes No Unknown
Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL90-R) Yes Yes Adults and Adolescents
Test of Adult Basic Education Measure (TABE) Yes Yes Adults
University of Rhode Island Chance Assessment (URICA) Yes Yes Adults
Value Options 27-pg Comprehensive Review Yes Unknown Adults and Adolescents
Wexler Reading Assessment Tool Unknown Unknown Unknown
Wisconsin Uniform Placement Criteria (UPC) Yes Unknown Unknown
Woodcock Johnson Yes Yes Adolescents and Adults
Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) Yes Yes Adults and Adolescents
Youth Outcome Questionnaire (YOQ) Yes Yes Adolescents
Youth Self-Report (YSR) Yes Yes Adolescents
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References upon request.