These are select screening tools that are currently being used within the SBIRT protocol: ...

The CRAFFT score is an easy five-point tool to screen for adolescent sustance abuse. Two or more positive answers suggest a significant problem.

Adolescents who have problems with substance use often aren't identified during routine pediatric visits, according to a study to be released in the November issue of Pediatrics, the peer-reviewed, ...

Primary care clinicians should screen all adults, including pregnant women, for unhealthy alcohol use and provide brief behavioral counseling interventions for those who screen positive, according to ...

I occasionally get requests from parents to drug test their teenager at his or her annual physical without the child’s knowledge or consent. The parent usually advises, “Just say you’re doing a ...