@article{ref1,
title="ASSIST-Y V1.0: First-Stage Development of the WHO Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) and linked brief intervention for young people",
journal="Journal of child and adolescent substance abuse",
year="2016",
author="Humeniuk, Rachel and Holmwood, Chris and Beshara, Monica and Kambala, Aina",
volume="25",
number="4",
pages="384-390",
abstract="While the World Health Organization (WHO) Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) is a useful screening and brief intervention tool for use with adults, the risk cut-offs are not appropriate for people under 18 years of age. Drawing on the literature available and expert clinical consultation and consensus, two distinct ASSIST-Youth (ASSIST-Y) questionnaires and Feedback Report cards with different score weightings were proposed, reflecting the dynamic nature of substance use-related risk in developing adolescents ages 10 to 14 years and ages 15 to 17 years old. Appropriate interventions also were recommended, with a strong emphasis on referral for assessment and management of broader psychosocial issues. This revised ASSIST for young people was developed with the intention that this &quot;first-pass&quot; set of cut-off scores and associated materials might form the basis for further psychometric validation of the youth ASSIST in the future, while still providing practitioners with a screening brief intervention option for using with young people in the interim.<p />",
language="en",
issn="1067-828X",
doi="10.1080/1067828X.2015.1049395",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1067828X.2015.1049395"
}