Lal and Singh: Assessment tools in addictive disorders Table 1: Tests to assess neuropsychological performance Table 1: Contd. Commonly, motivation is defined S446 Indian Journal of Psychiatry Volume 60 (Supplement 4), February 2018 instruments for people living with HIV‑AIDS is called Motivation Motivation to seek treatment for SUDs and to abstain from drug use has an important role to play in determining the treatment plan for a client. The other versions provided for each of the situations becomes a useful of the scale are the WHO‑QOL BREF which is an talking point when discussing relapse prevention in abbreviated version of WHOQOL‑100. The information of independence and spiritualit圓4.
Then they are asked how confident are an individual’s quality of life in 6 domains: physical, they (in percentage) that they will be able to resist the psychological, social relationships, environment, level urge to use the psychoactive substance.
WHO Quality of Life (WHO‑QOL) Assessment: The instrument lists 8 situations to the person in which they are likely to experience a drug or alcohol related WHO‑QOL is a 100 item questionnaire that assesses problem28.Brief Situational Confidence Questionnaire (BSCQ) This.helpful objective measures that bring out these issues. The tools that assess disability information in case of individuals undergoing cognitive due to SUDs and impact of SUDs on quality of life can be therapy for relapse prevention. This is useful psychosocial interventions. Alcohol and Drug Consequences Questionnaire (ADCQ): It is important to measure the psychosocial impact of This is a 28‑item self‑rated instrument that measures substance use and to assess the change in the psychosocial that indicates the consequences of alcohol and drug status in an objective manner so as to plan targeted use as experienced by a substance user27.Tools to assess psychosocial impact of substance use an individual on a 5 point likert scale26. It assesses motivation to quit substance This is a 20‑item self‑rated instrument used the pros use and seek treatment irrespective of the kind of and cons of alcohol and drug use that are perceived by substance being used. Alcohol (and Illegal Drugs) Decisional Balance Scale: population.Motivation for Addiction Treatment‑Hindi scale33: This scale was specifically developed for the Indian.For use in treatment settings, ability to cope with high‑risk situations related to drug there is a treatment version available – RCQ‑TV. person is in pre‑contemplation, contemplation, or The responses on a 7‑point scale can adjudge a client’s action stage of change. It is structured around deciding whether a 16 situations that a client is asked to imagine self in25. Drug Avoidance Self Efficacy Scale (DASES): consists of URICA32.Readiness to change questionnaire (RCQ): This is a 12‑item self‑report questionnaire that is based on.
psychometric properties, DRSEQ‑R is also available24.