addiction severity index

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ad·dic·tion se·ver·i·ty in·dex

(ASI) (ă-dik'shŭn sĕ-ver'i-tē in'deks)

A measurement instrument used to assess a patient's level of substance abuse or dependency.

addiction severity index

A structured assessment tool that evaluates the impact of addictive behavior on seven areas of living: alcohol use, drug use, employment, family relationships, illegal activities, physical health, and psychological health.

See also: index

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Structure and Scores of the Addiction Severity Index v.

Gender differences in addiction severity/Diferencias de genero en la gravedad de la adiccion

Verification of the Addiction Severity Index Japanese Version (ASI-J) as a treatment-customization, prediction, and comparison tool for alcohol-dependent individuals.

Reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the addiction severity index in male alcohol dependents/Bagimlilik siddetini belirleme olcegi'nin erkek alkol bagimlilarinda guvenirlik ve gecerlik calismasi

32 ASI = Addiction Severity Index, PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder, SF-12 = 12-Item Short Form Health Survey.

Residential treatment for homeless female veterans with psychiatric and substance use disorders: effect on 1-year clinical outcomes

double dagger]) Addiction Severity Index (ASI) alcohol composite score range 0-1 with higher scores indicating worse severity.

Primary care quality and addiction severity: a prospective cohort study

Use of the Addiction Severity Index with homeless substance abusers.

Substance abuse treatment outcomes for coerced and noncoerced clients

The seventh and final paper, "Making the Addiction Severity Index User Friendly: An Electronic Display of Client Outcomes Using Shareware" (James E.

The National Rural Alcohol and Drug Abuse Network Awards for Excellence 2004: Submitted and Award-Winning Papers. Technical Assistance Publication Series (TAP) 28

Addiction Severity Index (ASI)-Drug Use/Alcohol Use Subscales -- an instrument that uses a structured interview format to examine several areas of functioning that are commonly affected by substance abuse.

Drug-assessment instruments: making wise choices

Drug and alcohol use and levels of psychological disturbance were assessed with composite scores derived from the Addiction Severity Index, the most frequently used admission assessment tool currently in use.

The impact of 9/11 and its aftermath on substance use and psychological functioning: an overview

Specifically, we hypothesized that DA&A recipients who lost SSI benefits would show poorer outcomes than those who retained them as measured by Addiction Severity Index (ASI) composite scores.

Effects of losing SSI benefits on standard drug and alcohol outcome measures

Two different types of instruments, the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) and the Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory (SASSI), were selected.

Screening for undetected substance abuse among vocational rehabilitation clients

To carry out this project, assessment tools designed for dual diagnosis patients (the PRISM interview) (Torrens, Serrano, Astals, Perez-Dominguez, & Martin-Santos, 2004) along with other psychological assessments aimed at determining the severity of the affective symptoms (the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression), impulsivity (the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale) and other scales for measuring the severity of dependence on cocaine and abuse of other substances (the Addiction Severity Index among others) were used.

Psychiatric comorbidity in a sample of cocaine-dependent outpatients seen in the Community of Madrid drug addiction care network/Comorbilidad psiquiatrica en una muestra de pacientes con dependencia de cocaina atendidos ambulatoriamente en la red drogas de la Comunidad de Madrid

The study will seek to validate the new test against the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) designed and marketed by Inflexxion, Inc.