Publisher Summary Individualized assessment provides information that is crucial to the
development and monitoring of a treatment plan. Numerous online repositories and print …

Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the assessment of issues commonly
encountered in addiction treatment, such as skills for coping with high-risk situations; …

Thorough and systematic assessment and treatment planning are at the very heart of suc
cessful addiction counseling. Counselors sometimes used to fear that they would be wasting …

This comprehensive clinical resource and text is grounded in cutting-edge knowledge about
the biopsychosocial processes involved in addictive behaviors. Presented are research …

Alcohol and other substance use disorders (AUDs and SUDs) are quite prevalent in the
general population (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2010) …

The assessment of substance use disorders is a process of acquiring and synthesizing
information on the impact of psychoactive substance use on the lives of consumers of …

Clinical assessments serve several important functions:(1) they provide a clinical picture of
the severity of the problem (s) which then can be used to develop treatment plans tailored to …

Efficient, organized assessment of substance use disorders is essential for clinical research,
treatment planning, and referral to adjunctive services. In this article, we discuss the basic …

Reviews dimensions of assessment for patients with comorbid disorders, specific
assessment tools and techniques, and challenges to the validity of assessment. Dimensions …