Humeniuk, Rachel and Dennington, V and Ali, R (2008) The effectiveness of a brief intervention for illicit drugs linked to the alcohol, smoking and substance involvement screening test (ASSIST) in primary health care settings: a technical report of phase iii findings of the WHO ASSIST randomized controlled trial. Geneva: World Health Organization.
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The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) was developed under the auspices of the World Health Organisation (WHO) by an international group of specialist addiction researchers and clinicians in response to the overwhelming public health burden associated with problematic substance use worldwide. The ASSIST was designed to screen for problem or risky use of tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS), sedatives, hallucinogens, inhalants, opioids and ‘other drugs’. A risk score is obtained for each substance and falls into either a ‘low’, ‘moderate’ or ‘high’ risk category which determines the type of intervention (‘none’, ‘brief intervention’, ‘brief intervention plus referral’).
B Substances > Opioids (opiates) > Opioid product > Methadone
G Health and disease > Substance use disorder > Multiple substance use (Poly-drug /Poly-substance)
HJ Treatment method > Psychosocial treatment method > Individual therapy > Brief intervention
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and rehabilitation > Identification and screening > Identification and screening for substance use
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and rehabilitation > Health care programme, service or facility > Community-based treatment (primary care)
VA Geographic area > International
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