Screening for illicit drug use in psychiatric hospitals: whose job is it?

IB Crome, R Bloor, B Thom - Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, 2006 - cambridge.org
This review focuses on screening and assessment in general psychiatric settings, where
drug use is unlikely to be known to service providers. It builds on the recurrent finding that …

Substance abuse as a risk factor for HIV sexual risk behavior among persons with severe mental illness: Review of evidence and exploration of mechanisms.

CS Meade, RD Weiss - Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 2007 - psycnet.apa.org
Persons with severe mental illness (SMI) comprise a growing proportion of the HIV-infected
population, likely fueled by high rates of substance abuse. This article documents the rate of …

Alcohol consumption and the CAGE test in outpatients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder and in the general population

M Etter, JF Etter - Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2004 - academic.oup.com
We conducted a survey of 151 outpatients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder in
Geneva, Switzerland, in 2000, and a mail survey in a representative sample of the general …

Assessing comorbid substance use in detained psychiatric patients: issues and instruments for evaluating treatment outcome

CG Long, CR Hollin - Substance Use & Misuse, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
This review assesses the issues involved in the selection and treatment of patients comorbid
for mental illness and substance misuse being treated in secure psychiatric facilities. It …

Abstinence and use of community-based cessation treatment after a motivational intervention among smokers with severe mental illness

JC Ferron, T Devitt, GJ McHugo, JA Jonikas… - … mental health journal, 2016 - Springer
Motivational interventions help people with mental illness try to quit smoking, but few studies
have evaluated factors associated with this groups' cessation with community treatment. We …

Examining the Measurement Invariance and Psychometrics of the Drug Abuse Screening Test for Adolescents (DAST-A) in Justice-Involved Youth

A Mogadam, TA Skilling… - Criminal Justice …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Substance abuse is a serious mental health concern and reoffense risk factor for justice-
involved youth. The Drug Abuse Screening Test for Adolescents (DAST-A) is used to assess …

Further validation of the Psycho-Social Well-Being Scale (PSWS) with community clients

T O'hare, MV Sherrer, HS Connery, J Thornton… - … Mental Health Journal, 2003 - Springer
To monitor and evaluate the use of evidence-based approaches with mentally ill persons
who abuse alcohol and other drugs, administrators, practitioners and evaluators will need to …

Mental health correlates of drug treatment among women who use methamphetamine

CB Rade, SL Desmarais, RA Van Dorn… - … American Journal on …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Objectives Women comprise over one‐third of people who use
methamphetamine in the United States and have a higher prevalence of negative mental …

Assessing substance use disorder among Social Security Administration disability applicants

JD Metcalfe, RE Drake - Psychiatric services, 2023 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Co-occurrence of substance use disorder and mental illness complicates
treatment and is associated with increased disability. However, identification of substance …

Development of a comprehensive measure to assess clinical issues in dual diagnosis patients: The Substance Use Event Survey for Severe Mental Illness

ME Bennett, AS Bellack, JS Gearon - Addictive Behaviors, 2006 - Elsevier
This paper provides a description of The Substance Use Event Survey for Severe Mental
Illness (SUESS), a brief (20–30 min) interview that assesses clinical issues and domains …