Scottish Government

Integrated Care for Drug Users assessment: Digest of Tools Used in the Assessment Process and Core Data Sets

Section five: tools used for specific assessment

SPECIFIC ASSESSMENT

Where particular problem areas are identified, a specific assessment may be required to elicit detailed information about the nature and extent of the problem e.g. identifying the onset, duration, intensity and frequency of symptoms or consequences of problem.

TOOLS PROFILED IN THIS SECTION:

• Index of Drug Involvement (I.D.I.)

• Drug Lifestyle Screening Interview (D.L.S.I.)

• Substance Dependence Severity Scale (S.D.S.S.)

• Stages of Change Readiness and Treatment Eagerness Scale (SOCRATES)

• Circumstances, Motivation, and Readiness Scales (C.M.R.)

• Beck Depression Inventory (B.D.I.)

• Psychiatric Research Interview for Substance and Mental Disorders (P.R.I.S.M.)

• Bell Object Relations Reality Testing Inventory (B.O.R.R.T.I.)

• Benzodiazepine Dependence Questionnaire (BDEPQ)

• Treatment Perception Questionnaire (T.P.Q.)

• Treatment Services Review (T.S.R.)

• Comprehensive Addictions and Psychological Evaluation (C.A.A.P.E.)

• Job and Vocational Attitude Assessment Questionnaire and Interview (J.A.V.A.A.)

• T.W.E.A.K.

• University of Rhode Island Change Assessment Scale (U.R.I.C.A.)