Asking the Right Questions: Talking
about Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity during Assessment for Drug and Alcohol
Concerns
Angela M. Barbara, Gloria Chaim and Farzana Doctor
To provide effective substance use treatment, therapists need to be aware of issues
surrounding sexual orientation and/or gender identity that may be related to their
clients' substance use behaviours. Asking the Right Questions will help therapists
create an environment where all clients feel comfortable talking about their sexual
orientation and gender identity.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and transsexual (LGBT) people have specific
life factors that relate to substance use, factors that include the "coming
out" process, societal oppression, loss of family support, and the predominance
of bars in LGBT communities. To help therapists explore these concerns with clients,
the manual includes interview items that can be used to facilitate discussion during
assessment or early in treatment planning.
Asking the Right Questions includes:
- an assessment questionnaire to be used with a standard substance use (or other
service) assessment
- a guide to help therapists use the assessment instrument
- a glossary of concepts and terms.
Published 2002
48 pages
$9.95
ISBN 0-88868-418-5
Product Code: P166
Alcohol Dependence Scale (ADS)
Harvey A. Skinner and John L. Horn
This kit is one of the most widely used and reliable clinical tools for measuring
the severity of alcohol dependence and assessing clients with alcohol problems. Based
on the World Health Organization's theoretical concept of a core alcohol dependence
syndrome, the 25-item questionnaire can be quickly administered and scored by hand.
The User's Guide contains data and validation information from various inpatient
and outpatient samples.
User's Guide
(available in English only)
Published 1984
34 pages
$14.95 Ontario
$17.95 outside Ontario
ISBN 0-88868-091-0
Product Code: PG010
Questionnaires
(package of 25) (available in English and French)
$7.95t Ontario
$9.95 outside Ontario
Product Code: P143
ADS Kit
(User's Guide and 25 Questionnaires)
$21.95 Ontario
$26.95 outside Ontario
Product Code: PG011
 Drug-Taking
Confidence Questionnaire (DTCQ)
Helen M. Annis, Nigel E. Turner and Sherrilyn M. Sklar
A companion tool to the IDTS,
the Drug-Taking Confidence Questionnaire (DTCQ) allows addiction therapists
and researchers to identify a client's self-efficacy in relation to 50 drinking and/or
drug-taking situations. The DTCQ can be administered: at assessment, to assist with
treatment planning; during and at the end of treatment to monitor a client's progress;
and at post-treatment as an indicator of treatment outcome.
The DTCQ is flexible, effective and easy-to-use. It consists of two separate questionnaires
-- one for alcohol and one for other drugs -- that measure a client's confidence
in the same 50 risk situations. The User's Guide provides full instructions on how
to administer the DTCQ and includes all of the validity data.
User's Guide
Published 1997
156 pages
$34.95
ISBN 0-88868-294-8
Product Code: PG083
Questionnaires
Alcohol
(package of 30)
$14.95t
Product Code: P164
Drugs
(package of 30)
$14.95t
Product Code: P165
Sample Pack
(User's Guide and 40 questionnaires; 10 Alcohol and 30 Drug questionnaires)
$39.95
Product Code: PG085
 Inventory
of Drug-Taking Situations (IDTS)
Helen M. Annis, Nigel E. Turner and Sherrilyn M. Sklar
The Inventory of Drug-Taking Situations (IDTS) is a clinical tool that
allows addiction therapists and researchers to assess the situations in which a client
has used alcohol and/or other drugs over the course of the last year. It consists
of two separate questionnaires -- one for alcohol and one for up to three other drugs
-- that gauge a client's substance use over the same 50 risk situations. The IDTS
generates a separate profile of risk situations for each substance.
The IDTS can be used in both individual and group counselling programs, with clients
whose substance use problems range from mild to severe. The User's Guide provides
full instructions on how to administer the IDTS and includes all of the data analyses
regarding the development and validation of the IDTS.
User's Guide
Published 1997
147 pages
$34.95
ISBN 0-88868-290-5
Product Code: PG082
Questionnaires
Alcohol
(package of 30)
$14.95t
Product Code: P162
Drugs
(package of 30)
$14.95t
Product Code: P163
Sample Pack
(User's Guide and 40 questionnaires; 10 Alcohol and 30 Drug questionnaires) $39.95
Product Code: PG084
Assessment Handbook for Addiction
Treatment Programs
Linda Palanek, Christine Bois, Darryl Upfold, Robert Murray and Michael Gavin
This handbook will help assessment workers make the best use of local treatment
and support services. Contents include intake policies, guidelines for treatment
planning, case management procedures, clinical procedures and policies, and samples
of ADS, ASIST and DAST-20 questionnaires.
Published 1990
176 pages
$35.00
ISBN 0-88868-184-4
Product Code: PZ071
Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-20)
This five-minute questionnaire, used in an interview or self-evaluation, can help
gauge the severity of addiction to drugs other than alcohol.
Published 1982
Package of 100: $9.95t Ontario
$12.95 outside Ontario
Product Code: PZ075
Timeline FollowBack (TLFB)
Linda C. Sobell and Mark B. Sobell
Over 20 years of use and testing have shown that the Timeline FollowBack (TLFB)
is an effective tool for measuring alcohol use. The detailed information generated
by TLFB helps people better understand their drinking. It can also be used to collect
information about marijuana, cigarette and other drug use.
Also available is the Timeline FollowBack video, which demonstrates the techniques
professional researchers and clinicians will need to conduct TLFB interviews.
Timeline FollowBack User's Guide
Includes paper-and-pencil version of the Timeline FollowBack calendar method.
Published 1996
109 pages
ISBN 0-88868-253-0
$34.95 Ontario
$39.95 outside Ontario
Product Code: PG075
Timeline FollowBack Training Video
Released 1996
(17 minutes)
$79.50t Ontario
$99.50 outside Ontario
Product Code: PV204
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