The SASSI Institute

The Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventories&nbsp;(SASSI-A3, SASSI-4 and SASSI Spanish) are self-report screening instruments designed to accurately identify adolescents and adults with high probability of having a substance use disorder (SUD).

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Spanish

The Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventories are self-report screening instruments designed to accurately identify adolescents and adults with high probability of having a substance use disorder (SUD).

Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventories

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Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-IV

Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory-II

Beck Youth Inventories | Second Edition

Includes Adult SASSI-4 Manual (Print), SASSI-4 User's Guide (Print), 25 Adult questionnaire forms and profiles (Print), Adult scoring key

SASSI-4 Adult Complete Kit (Print)

SASSI-A3 Adolescent Starter Kit (Print)

SASSI-4 and SASSI-A3 Combo Starter Kit (Print)

Includes Administration and Scoring Instructions (Print), Development and Validation of the Spanish SASSI (Print), 25 Questionnaires and Profiles, Sample Scored Questionnaire and Profile, Scoring Key, and an English translation of the test

SASSI Spanish Complete Kit (Print)

SASSI-A3 Adolescent User Guide and Manual (Print)

SASSI-4 User Guide and Manual (Print)

SASSI-A3 Adolescent Questionnaires and Profiles Qty 25 (Print)

SASSI-A3 Adolescent Questionnaires and Profiles Qty 100 (Print)

SASSI-4 Adult Questionnaire/Profile Forms Qty 25 (Print)

SASSI-4 Adult Questionnaires and Profiles Qty 100 (Print)

SASSI Questionnaires/Profile Forms Spanish Qty 25 (Print)

SASSI-4 and SASSI-A3 Combo Questionnaires and Profiles Qty 100 (Print)

SASSI-A3 Adolescent Scoring Key

SASSI-4 Adult Scoring Key

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The Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventories (SASSI-A3, SASSI-4 and SASSI Spanish) are self-report screening instruments designed to accurately identify adolescents and adults with high probability of having a substance use disorder (SUD).

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Pricing & Ordering

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			<p>SASSI instruments help guide appropriate treatment and are useful in a variety of settings such as substance abuse treatment centers, criminal justice programs, behavioral health centers, social service programs, and other healthcare organizations.</p>

			<h3>Benefits</h3>

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				<li>Distinguish SUD from other psychological disorders.</li>
				<li>Enhance SUD identification through subtle items that are added to the SAT scale.</li>
				<li>Screen for SUD along the DSM-5 continuum of severity (ranging from mild to severe).</li>
				<li>Identify the probability of substance abuse among adolescents and get insight into clinical issues teens face (e.g., emotional pain, level of acknowledgement of the substance abuse, social system impact).</li>
				<li>Detect substance use disorders in clients who are unwilling or unable to acknowledge substance misuse and symptoms associated with it.</li>
				<li>New Prescription Drug scale helps identify individuals who are likely to be abusing prescriptions medicines.</li>
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			<h3>Features</h3>

			<p>The SASSI does not require a professional to administer and features objective scoring and decision rules. It consists of the following versions:</p>

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				<li>SASSI-4: identifies probability of substance abuse among adults aged 18 or older.</li>
				<li>NEW - SASSI-A3: identifies the probability of substance abuse among adolescents aged 13 to 18 years.</li>
				<li>Spanish SASSI: an adult substance abuse screening instrument that is validated in clinical settings that consists of Spanish speaking adults from diverse ethnic backgrounds.</li>
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						<h4>SASSI-4</h4>
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						<h4>SASSI-A3</h4>
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						<p>The SASSI-4 consists of the following face valid and subtle scales:</p>
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						<p>The SASSI-A3 consists of the following face valid and subtle scales:</p>
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						<p>Face Valid Alcohol (FVA)<br />
						Face Valid Other Drugs (FVOD)<br />
						Prescription Drug Scale (Rx)<br />
						Symptoms (SYM)<br />
						Obvious Attributes (OAT)<br />
						Subtle Attributes (SAT)<br />
						Defensiveness (DEF)<br />
						Supplemental Addiction Measure (SAM)<br />
						Family vs. Control Subjects (FAM)<br />
						Correctional (COR)</p>
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						<p>Prescription Drug Scale (Rx) - New!<br />
						Face Valid Alcohol (FVA)<br />
						Face Valid Other Drugs (FVOD)<br />
						Friends-Family Risk (FRISK)<br />
						Attitudes (ATT)<br />
						Symptoms (SYM)<br />
						Obvious Attributes (OAT)<br />
						Subtle Attributes (SAT)<br />
						Defensiveness (DEF)<br />
						Supplemental Addiction Measure (SAM)<br />
						Correctional (COR)<br />
						Validity Check (VAL)<br />
						Secondary Classification Scale (SCS)</p>
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