The recognition and assessment of multiple dependencies among prospective clients at selected chemical dependency...

Thirty-five licensed chemical dependency inpatient treatment programs were surveyed to determine (1) if these institutions recognize multiple dependencies and (2) how they assess multiple dependencies. While over 90% of the facilities recognized the existence of multiple dependencies, only 54.5% actually assessed clients for multiple dependencies. Of those institutions that attempted to assess for multiple dependencies, a total of 20 different instruments were utilized. This study indicated a widespread acceptance of multiple dependencies as a related chemical dependency problem as well as considerable uncertainty as to how to properly asses for multiple dependencies.