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Purpose
Identifies an adolescent's probability of having a substance use disorder
Authors
©1990-2013 Miller Woods, LLC
Administration Formats
Additional Details
Distinguish Likely Substance Use Disorders From Other Psychological Disorders in Your Teen Clients Even When Other Psychological Symptoms are Present
Items reflect current teen alcohol and drug use patterns.
Features and benefits
- A brief scale, Prescription Drug (Rx), was added to accurately identify individuals likely to be abusing prescription medications.
- Validated against the DSM-5™ criteria for diagnosing substance use disorders.
- Distinguishes likely substance use disorder (SUD) from other psychological disorders: The SASSI-A3 can accurately identify the presence and the absence of SUD, even when other psychological symptoms are present.
- Subtle items were added to reflect current teen alcohol and drug use patterns and questions were updated to use contemporary teen verbiage.
- Additional face valid items to identify symptoms represented in the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria.