Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST)

The purpose of this manual is to introduce the ASSIST and to describe how to use it in health care settings – particularly community based primary health care settings – to identify people who are using substances, so that a brief intervention (or referral) can be provided, as appropriate.

Source
World Health Organization
File Size
1.54 MB KB
Year
Format
Guide
Terms of Use
Copyrighted, freely available
Topic
Primary Care
Screening for Substance Use Disorders/Alcohol Use Disorder
Screening for Substance Use Disorders/Opioid Use Disorder
Audience
Medical Providers
Resource Type
PDF
Use
Implementation of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment in Primary Care
Special Collection
MAT Tools and Resources
Unhealthy Alcohol Use
Local Resource File Attachment
Tool Category
Substance Use/Substance Abuse