Screening and Assessment Instruments for SUD Flashcards
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A counselor administers the Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN). What is a key advantage of this comprehensive tool?
Answer: It integrates screening, assessment, and treatment planning data
The GAIN integrates biopsychosocial screening and assessment data to support diagnosis, placement, and treatment planning across multiple problem areas.
When interpreting a client's DAST-10 score of 6, the appropriate clinical response is:
Answer: Referral for further assessment and treatment
A DAST-10 score of 6–8 indicates substantial drug use problems, warranting referral for further assessment and treatment intervention.
Which assessment tool measures an individual's readiness to change using a series of scaled questions mapped to the stages of change model?
Answer: URICA
The University of Rhode Island Change Assessment (URICA) measures readiness to change by mapping responses to the precontemplation, contemplation, action, and maintenance stages.
A pregnant client presents for assessment. Which screening tool has been validated specifically for alcohol use during pregnancy?
Answer: TWEAK
The TWEAK (Tolerance, Worried, Eye-opener, Amnesia, K/Cut down) was specifically validated for identifying at-risk drinking in pregnant women.
In standardized SUD assessment, 'convergent validity' means that an instrument:
Answer: Correlates appropriately with other measures of the same construct
Convergent validity refers to the degree to which a measure correlates with other established measures of the same underlying construct.
The ORT (Opioid Risk Tool) is primarily used to:
Answer: Stratify risk of opioid misuse in patients prescribed opioids for pain
The ORT is a brief 5-item self-report tool used in pain management settings to predict risk of opioid misuse before or during opioid therapy.
Which of the following best describes the clinical utility of using multiple screening instruments rather than a single tool?
Answer: It improves sensitivity and specificity by cross-validating findings
Using multiple validated instruments helps cross-validate findings, increasing overall diagnostic accuracy by compensating for limitations of any single tool.