Email UpdatesTolerance, Worried, Eye-opener, Amnesia, K-Cut Down (TWEAK) Screening Test
Tool that consists of 5 questions to screen pregnant women for harmful drinking habits
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Use of the TWEAK Test in Screening for Alcoholism/Heavy Drinking in Three Populations
Original validation study of the TWEAK to screen for harmful drinking
Addiction Severity Index (ASI), Fifth Ed.; Baseline (ASI-B), Addiction Severity Index, Fifth Ed.; Follow-Up (ASI-F)
Semi-structured interview addressing seven potential problem areas in substance-abusing patients: medical status, employment and support, drug use, alcohol use, legal status, family/social status, and psychiatric status
A Brief Patient Self-Administered Substance Use Screening Tool for Primary Care: Two-Site Validation Study of the Substance Use Brief Screen (SUBS)
Validation article for SUBS in a diverse adult primary care population
Brief Health Screen
Patient self-report screening tool with 3 items that can be administered by health professionals to assess for substance use; can be followed by full screens such as the AUDIT
Brief Screen for Substance Use
Questions to screen for substance use and guidance around positive screen criteria
DSM-5 11-Item Alcohol Symptom Checklist
Checklist used after a high AUDIT-C score to engage a patient in dialogue on alcohol and other drug-related symptoms; provides guidance on assessing the severity of an alcohol and/or other drug use disorder
Primary Care Validation of a Single-Question Alcohol Screening Test
A validation study of the single item screening test for UAU, recommended by NIAAA
Readiness Ruler
A 2-question tool that helps providers assess patient readiness for behavior change using a 1-10 scale
Brief Intervention for Hazardous and Harmful Drinking: A Manual for use in Primary Care
Manual for primary care and other providers on how to conduct brief interventions for patients with or at risk of developing alcohol use disorders (AUDs); used in conjunction with WHO’s companion manual The Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test: Guidelines for Use in Primary Care on how to screen for alcohol-related problems using the AUDIT-C and AUDIT”.