This course is based on a publication by SAMHSA and is available at the National Library of Medicine about the initial screening and comprehensive assessment of adolescents for substance abuse problems.
According to SAMSHA, “The Consensus Panel recommends that all adolescents who exhibit signs of substance use receive appropriate, valid, and sensitive screening. Health service providers, juvenile justice workers, educators, and other professionals who work with adolescents at risk should be able to screen and refer for further assessment. When screening turns up "red flags" that indicate that the adolescent may have a substance use disorder, the youth should be referred for a comprehensive assessment (Winters, 1994). . . . Comprehensive assessment follows a positive screening for a substance use disorder and may lead to long-term intervention efforts such as treatment. Screening procedures identify that a youth may have a significant substance use problem. The comprehensive assessment confirms the presence of a problem and helps illuminate other problems connected with the adolescent's substance use disorder. Comprehensive information can be used to develop an appropriate set of interventions.”
This course serves as an excellent resource for mental health professionals who would like to build or refresh their knowledge about assessment and screening for substance abuse disorders. Adolescents are a special population and consideration for the unique needs of this population must be made when conducting screening and assessments.
Psychologists, social workers, mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists can benefit from this course. This course may also be helpful for other practitioners, such as midwives and dieticians and nutritionists who work with the geriatric population. This course is appropriate for beginning, intermediate and advanced level practitioners who wish to learn more about legal and ethical issues in screening older adults for substance abuse issues and problems.
Author: SAMHSA
Learning Objectives: This course will provide a professional with a summary of screening and comprehensive assessment of adolescents for substance abuse problems. Specifically, a professional will:
· Identify the components of the preliminary screening process.
· Describe the purposes of a comprehensive assessment for substance abuse problems.
· Indentify the content domains to be addressed in a comprehensive assessment for substance abuse.
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Exam Questions for Assessment of Adolescents for Referral and Treatment in Substance Abuse
1. According to the Consensus Panel, adolescents who exhibit signs of substance use should receive screening that is . . . appropriate valid sensitive all of the above 2. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, a screening exam should be able to be administered in about _____ minutes. 5 - 10 10 - 15 15 - 20 20 - 30 3. Which of the following is NOT a high risk population for substance abuse? juvenile offenders runaway youth special education students all of the above groups are high risk populations for substance abuse 4. Indicators of serious substance-related problems among adolescents fall into two broad categories: those that indicate substance use problem severity and those that are . . . red flags empirical definitive psychosocial factors 5. A model screening instrument for substance abuse is short, simple, and . . . sophisticated appropriate to the youth broad specific 6. Surreptitious drug testing is _____ advisable. sometimes always never usually 7. Protocols developed by community agencies to govern screening and assessment must be clear about consent and patient notice, as well as . . . confidentiality and privacy duty-to-warn administrative procedures training 8. Comprehensive assessments confirm the presence of a substance abuse problem and help to illuminate other problems _____ the disorder. tangential to unrelated to connected with all of the above 9. The sexual history taken as part of a comprehensive substance abuse assessment should include which of the following elements? sexual orientation STDs and STD/HIV risk behavior status sexual abuse all of the above 10. In addition to the counselor's recommendations, a written assessment report should include which of the following? the way the adolescent processes information most effectively how the adolescent specific treatment placement recommendations and justification all of the above
Assessment of Adolescents for Referral and Treatment in Substance Abuse
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