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Kevin M Simon1, Sion Kim Harris2, Lydia A Shrier2
1Department of Psychiatry, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Adolescent Substance Use and Addiction Program, Division of Developmental Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Abstract:
Measurement-based care in adolescent substance use is an important element of the evidence-based framework of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT). Use of a validated measure for detecting substance use, misuse, and substance use disorders is significantly more effective than the use of unvalidated tools or clinician intuition. There are now a variety of established and new validated screening tools that are available for use with adolescents and that capture the range of adolescent substance use behaviors. This area, however, continues to evolve rapidly.
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