Substance Use Tools & Resources    

Guides healthcare professionals through an initial assessment of patient pain. Includes diagrams of the human body to help patients locate the pain they experience, as well as questions to prompt the patient to describe the intensity, quality, causes, effects, and contributing factors of the pain.

Helps clinicians better identify the presence of opioid abuse or dependence in patients with chronic pain.

Identifies individuals who have a high probability of having an SUD.

Identifies potential problems with opioid abuse in the management of chronic nonmalignant pain within general medical practice. Includes questions on alcohol, marijuana, and cigarette use.

Provides a score indicating the severity of dependence on opioids using a 5-item questionnaire.

Assesses the location and severity of pain and its impact on functioning.

Evaluates opioid treatment using a set of measures among six domains: drug use, HIV risk-taking behavior, social functioning, criminality, health status, and psychological adjustment.

Provides a brief, psychometrically sound, and comprehensive assessment of the important components of the chronic pain experience.

A site for finding high-quality addiction treatment and taking a self-assessment to find which treatment is right for different people.

The Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription medication, and other Substance use (TAPS) Tool consists of a combined screening component (TAPS-1) followed by a brief assessment (TAPS-2) for those who screen positive.