Screening for Substance Use Disorders/Alcohol Use Disorder

Multisite study concluding that TAPS can detect problem substance use, but that refinement is necessary before use for broad substance use disorder screening

Describes the feasibility and acceptability of myTAPS among primary care patients

Describes the design of NIDA's Clinical Trials Network's validation study of the TAPS Tool

A guide for providers on screening patients for risky substance use; includes accompanying resources based on patient responses

Studied the use of the AUDIT and AUDIT-C in family medicine clinics to predict alcohol dependence

Compared the AUDIT-C and AUDIT in HIV infected and uninfected men, finding both tools performed similarly in both populations for identifying risky drinking, alcohol dependence, and UAU

Validation study that examined the AUDIT and AUDIT-C score ability to predict UAU in a primary care population

A review of the AUDIT, AUDIT-C, and USAUDIT screening tools

Describes how to use the AUDIT in primary care to identify people with hazardous and harmful patterns of alcohol consumption; includes the international version in both interview and self-report format

A 10-item brief alcohol screening tool developed by the WHO to identify people in the United States whose alcohol consumption has become hazardous or harmful to their health, composed of items on consumption, dependence, and problems caused by alcohol