Addiction Severity Index.
ASI
Problem severity across 7 life areas affected by addiction - medical status, employment/support, alcohol use, drug use, legal status, family/social relationships, and psychiatric status - in lifetime and past-30-day timeframes
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- Approx 200 items across the 7 problem areas (varies by edition). semi-structured interview yielding interviewer severity ratings (0-9) and objectively derived composite scores per area (clinician-rated/interview)
- Language versions
- 17+ langs including ES, FR, DE, NL, RU, JA, AR, MS, ZH, SV, DA, IT; the EuropASI is the standard European adaptation
- Licence
- public-domain / open
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- Reference
- McLellan, A.T., Kushner, H., Metzger, D., et al. (1992). The fifth edition of the Addiction Severity Index. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 9(3), 199-213.
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