Assessment Tools
Alcohol Dependence Scale (ADS) series
One of the most widely used and reliable clinical tools for measuring the severity of alcohol dependence and assessing clients
with alcohol problems. Read more…
Assessment Handbook
A Handbook on Procedures for Addictions Assessment Referral Services
This handbook will help assessment workers make the best use of local treatment and support services. Read more...
Drug-Taking Confidence Questionnaire (DTCQ)
The DTCQ, a companion tool to the IDTS, allows substance use counsellors and researchers to identify a client’s self-efficacy
in relation to 50 drinking and/or other drug-taking situations. Read more...
Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-20)
The DAST–20 is designed to provide a brief, simple, practical, but valid method for identifying individuals who are abusing
psychoactive drugs and yield a quantitative index score of the degree of problems related to drug use and misuse. Read more...
Inventory of Drug-Taking Situations (IDTS)
The IDTS is a clinical tool that allows substance use counsellors and researchers to assess the situations in which a client
has used alcohol and/or other drugs over the last year. Read more...
Timeline FollowBack (TLFB)
More than 20 years of use and testing have shown that the Timeline FollowBack (TLFB) is an effective tool for measuring alcohol
use. Read more…