ADAT: What resources are available?

ADAT training

You are strongly encouraged to take ADAT training before using the ADAT tools. These are clinical tools, meant for administration by qualified professionals. Without the appropriate training, the tools may not be completed properly and the appropriate admission decision made. This can result in frustration for the client, and a waste of time for both client and service providers-both referral agents and receiving services. CAMH offers training on ADAT, currently, as a nine-week online course. Information is available about CAMH ADAT online training.

To inquire about face-to-face ADAT training, please email ets@camh.net.

Copies of the ADAT manual and tools

The Assessment, Discharge And Treatment: Standardized Tools and Criteria Manual (ADAT Manual) contains reference examples of the:

SOCRATES Scoring Form
TEQ Scoring Form
DTCQ-8 Alcohol
DTCQ-8 Drugs
DTCQ Graph
BASIS-32 Scoring Form
BASIS-32 Client Profile
PSS Administrator Sheet
Health Screening Form
Clinical Profile Sheet
Tracking Sheet
DHQ Form.

Printed, bound copies of the manual are no longer available from either CAMH or the MoHLTC.

You may download the PDF versions of the ADAT tools and manual at no charge; to gain access to these files, you must complete a license agreement and registration form.

About the non-CAMH copyrighted tools: BASIS-32 and SOCRATES

Two of the tools used in the core assessment package (the SOCRATES and the BASIS-32) are under copyright from other organizations. Note that you must seek permission for the use of BASIS-32 separately.

BASIS-32 licence information

The BASIS-32 is under copyright of McLean's Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA. There is a fee to use this instrument; contact McLean's Hospital directly* at: http://www.basissurvey.org/basis32/

*Note: If you are in Ontario, check with the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MoHLTC)-Addiction Program to see if your organization is already covered by a user agreement. This information should also be detailed in your service agreements with the MoHLTC-Addiction Program.

SOCRATES licence information

The SOCRATES is free to use, and may be used without permission. The form, its psychometric properties and instructions on its use may be downloaded from the University of New Mexico's Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Addictions. See the list of assessment instruments at http://casaa.unm.edu/inst.html; click on the link to SOCRATES Version 8. Credit the source as William R. Miller, PhD, University of New Mexico, Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions, 2350 Alamo SE, Albuquerque, NM, USA 87106. For more information, see:
http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/Assesing%20Alcohol/InstrumentPDFs/62_SOCRATE.pdf

ADAT: What resources are available?

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