AOD assessment pro formas:
- Victorian Department of Health AOD comprehensive assessment form
- Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other drugs Agencies AOD assessment form
- Turning point Screening and assessment tools.
AOD screening tools:
- Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
- Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST)
- e-Assist Lite (University of Adelaide, online portal)
- Severity of Alcohol Dependence Questionnaire (SADQ)
- Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS).
Risk assessment:
- Suicide:
- Comorbidity guidelines – Information on acute risk assessment as well as responding to chronic suicidality
- National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre – Suicide Assessment Kit (SAK)
- Domestic/family violence and child welfare:
- Comorbidity guidelines – Domestic and family violence risk assessment
- RACGP White book – ‘Abuse and violence’ – incorporates information on domestic and family violence’s as well as child abuse.
- Sexual abuse and trauma:
- Australian Institute of Family Studies – Guidelines for practitioners and clinicians in the sexual assault and alcohol and other drug sectors.
- Insight (Queensland Health) – Trauma Informed Care for Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) Practice.
- Blue knot foundation – Practice Guidelines for Clinical Treatment of Complex Trauma. 2019.
- Brooks M, Barclay L, Hooker, C. Trauma-informed care in general practice: Findings from a women’s health centre evaluation. AJGP, 2018;47(6).
- Adults Surviving Child Abuse – Practice Guidelines for Treatment of Complex Trauma and Trauma Informed Care and Service Delivery, 2012.
Other related resources:
- Algorithms to distinguish between the signs and symptoms of drug intoxication and withdrawal
- Whole-person care approach
- Mental state examination
- Guidelines on the management of co-occurring alcohol and other drug and mental health conditions in alcohol and other drug treatment settings (Comorbidity guidelines)
