Adult Substance Abuse Outpatient Placement (ASAM)

Purpose: Initial Screener for outpatient substance abuse treatment

Age Range: 18+

Scales: Withdrawal, biomedical issues, emotional-behavioral issues, readiness, relapse potential, environmental.

Maryland Addictions Questionnaire   (MAQ)

Purpose: Assesses addictions severity, Motivation for treatment, relapse potential, & treatment issues

Age Range: 17+

Scales:  5 Substance abuse scales, 5 treatment scales, 2 Validity scales, 3 Summary score scales

Personality Assessment Inventory-Adolescent (PAI-A)

Purpose: A comprehensive diagnostic & interpretive instrument

Age Range: 12-18

Scales: 22 non overlapping scales. 4 validity scales, 11 clinical scales, 5 treatment consideration scales, and 2 interpersonal scales.  10 scales contain derived subscales. 17 critical item responses.