Adult Alcohol and Drug
Assessment Tests (12 Different Test Scales in One Instrument)
Adult Alcohol and Drug Assessments: – Independently Validated* Adult Alcohol and Drug
Testing Scales have been compiled, or grouped, into a single assessment
instrument. The use of twelve individual
alcohol, drug and psychological testing scales eliminates misdiagnosis and
false positives that occur with other drug testing tools and provides a sound
basis for improvement recommendations.
No changes have been made to the original test scales and all of the
alcohol and drug tests are scored in accordance with the author’s instructions.
The alcohol and drug test scales
included in the Adult Compu-Tools drug assessment instrument include:
1.
M.A.S.T –
2.
N C A – National
Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, 1972)
3.
Life Areas –
(Interview Techniques/Hazelden, Dr. Jon Weinberg, 1972)
4.
DSM IV –
(Diagnostic Statistical Manual-American Psychiatric Association, 1994)
5.
Depression Scale
– (John Hopkins University, 1977)
6.
Clinical Anxiety
Scales - (Dr. David Westhuis, Dr. Bruce
Thyer, 1989)
7.
Cognitive
Slippage Scale - (Dr. Michael Raulin,
Dr. Tracey C Miers, 1985
8.
Diagnostic Anger
Scale – (Dr. Glenda Loomis, 1990)
9.
IQ –
Inconsistency Quotient (iMR.com,2003)
10.
Self Test (Drugs
– Non Alcohol – John Skinner, 1989 (Revised))
11.
Self Test
(Alcohol – John Hopkins University, 1977)
12.
ASAM Criteria
Worksheet (iMR.com,.2003)
Note: Most
Clinicians use the Compu-Tools Questionnaires (See below) and their Assessment
Process is as follows:
·
The Client completes the Demographic
information, non-disclosure agreement, Drug Self Tests and the Psychological
Tests on the Compu-Tools questionnaire. (20-30 minutes)
·
The Clinician reviews the information
completed by the Client.
o
If the Alcohol/Drug
Self Tests shows that the Client admits to an Alcohol or Drug problem, the
Compu-Tool Assessment Questionnaire can be completed by the Client or by the Clinician and Client. (15-30 minutes)
o
If the Alcohol/Drug
Self Tests show no evidence of a problem, the Compu-Tools Assessment
Questionnaire should be completed by the Clinician
(20-30 minutes)
o
After Completing
all questions, the Clinician enters
the Client question responses into the computer software (8-12 minutes)
o
The Assessment Software scores all Compu-Tools test
scales and prints a completed Drug Assessment (2-4 minutes)
The Compu-Tools Adult Drug Testing Instruments – on
the WWW: - Adult alcohol
and drug assessments can be completed on the iMR Internet site: http://www.imresponsible.com
. A
demonstration, or guest login, is provided so Clinicians can create a test
client, complete a sample assessment on the
Assessment Tools link,
complete a performance contract and print out the completed alcohol and drug
assessment. Continuing imresponsible.com
access can be purchased for a nominal monthly fee.
Included in the Compu-Tools Adult Assessment are the
following test scales:
(1) Adult
Alcohol and Drug Self Test: The Client starts with two “quick quiz” self
tests that include 45 questions about a clients’ Alcohol or Drug Use. These
alcohol and drug test questions include: descriptions of the clients’ drug use,
symptoms of this drug use and any consequences of continued alcohol, or drug,
use. The “quick quizzes” are useful to a
drug assessment clinician in determining if a client is admitting to alcohol or
drug use and is being honest in his, or her, responses. If a problem is not admitted by the Client,
the Clinician will need to complete the Compu-Tools Assessment Questionnaire
to determine if there is Client denial present or an actual lack of alcohol or
drug abuse. If a Client has been honest
about their drug use, the entire Assessment can be completed by the Client
without a Clinician being directly involved.
(2) Psychological
Tests: The Client completes four “Psychological
Tests – (Depression, Anxiety, Cognitive and Anger)” that include a total of
105 questions that will assist in determining if there are other factors that
need to be considered by the Clinician as he, or she, develops the appropriate
recommendations for future client actions.
The scales mentioned in (1) and (2) are all completed by the client and
do not involve clinician time during the assessments.
(3) Compu-Tools
Alcohol and Drug Assessment Questionnaire:
The “Drug Assessment Questionnaire” includes a total
of 81 questions, from 6 individual test scales, and is designed for a Clinician
to use during an interview as he, or she, acquires honest client responses to
the questions posed. After all the
questions, in all the test scales, have been completed, the Compu-Tools
software automatically scores all of the scales that have been used.
The total Clinician time required to complete
all of the Drug Testing processes mentioned above is from 15 -40 minutes. This time will vary based on
the techniques used by the Clinician to gather and enter all of the responses
provided by the client into the Alcohol and Drug Assessment Software. This
Questionnaire can also be completed by a client who has indicated, through the
self tests results, that they have little denial to be considered. The Drug
Testing Features on our web-site provide an integrated link to other
Compu-Tools features. These include
Performance Contracts and Monitoring Servicesor
Case Management Services. See other web modules.
Note: Compu-Tools Assessment Instruments compare
the “Client’s own responses” to a wide variety of questions against validated scoring
matrixes. The Company or Clinician is
not responsible for the Assessment output – the Client is. The process is an assisted self-diagnosis by
the Individual. (Validation studies of
the individual test scales used in Compu-Tools is available upon request.)
The Compu-Tools Adult Drug Testing Instruments – on
your Desktop: - For those
customers who need portable versions of the Compu-Tools Alcohol and Drug
Testing Instruments, the same drug test scales shown above are available for
purchase on a CD (Compact Disk). All
features described above are present on the CD versions. The
Performance
Contracts feature is also included on the Drug Testing Software CD
but our customers must use the web-site to access and use the Case Management or Monitoring
Services features.
ASAM Criteria:
- Compu-Tools computerized test results include ASAM coding that enables the
Clinician to more accurately assess ASAM placement criteria. This drug testing
output can be entered onto a ASAM Criteria Worksheet (See Publications) provided
free, via download, on the imresponsible.com site... See
ASAM
Criteria for more information about how this feature works or go to
the ASAM organization web-site to learn more about ASAM criteria. (http://www.asam.org/)
Compu-Tools Adult Alcohol and Drug Testing Questionnaires: Should
it be more convenient for the Clinician, or Client, to complete the alcohol and
drug testing questions “off-line” or “away from the computer”, iMR.com sells
paper Questionnaires that match the content of
the computer testing screens. In this way, a
Clinician or Client can answer all the required questions at his, or her, own
pace and then transfer the information onto the Compu-Tools
Assessment Tools software module – either on the
imresponsible.com web-site or on the Clinicians desktop – if the portable
Compu-Tools CD was purchased.) Once the
information is entered into the Drug Testing Software, it will be automatically
scored, printed and securely stored in accordance with the company’s
instructions.
* Validated by someone other
than the author(s). Most test scales
used today have been validated by the author(s) who designed the original
test. Most of the tools used by iMR.com
have been independently validated.