Drug And Alcohol Assessments

The Drug and Alcohol Assessment is used by healthcare providers, mental health professionals, and addiction treatment providers as a screening tool to assess severity and develop treatment plans for substance use disorders. Additionally, courts may order these assessments as part of probation or parole agreements, and employers may use them in pre-employment screening processes.

Drug and Alcohol Assessments are commonly used when patients present symptoms of substance use disorders, during treatment for mental health disorders with suspected substance use links, when evaluating individuals for addiction treatment, when considering candidates for jobs requiring a drug-free workplace, and upon the release of individuals from jail or prison.

The Drug and Alcohol Assessment process involves gathering information on substance use history, assessing mental and physical health, social and family functioning, and using this data to determine the severity of the substance use disorder and develop a treatment plan, monitoring the patient's progress over time.