TOOLS
To support busy clinicians and their adolescent patients, we suggest using one of the following three, validated screening instruments to detect whether a teen is likely to have a substance use disorder.
BSTAD: Brief Screener Tobacco Alcohol Drugs
Developed by Dr. Sharon Kelly, Friends Research Institute, Baltimore
S2BI: Screen to Brief Intervention
Developed by Dr. Sharon Levy, Boston Children’s Hospital with National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
CRAFFT
Recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committee on Substance Abuse
