Utah Admin. Code R523-3-6 - Standards for Substance Use Disorder and Co-occurring Mental Health Assessments
(1) Assessments
shall be conducted by a licensed mental health therapist using a standardized
instrument(s) and process that has been evaluated by the scientific community
and determined to be reliable and valid for the purpose of assessing
youth.
(2) Assessments shall
identify: relevant information to the youth's use of substances that will
assist in determining the need for placement in services based on the ASAM
Dimensions as outlined in the ASAM Criteria, 2013 Edition, or most current
ASAMH criteria.
(3) Assessments
shall focus on the youth's substance use severity, mental health status, legal
problems, physical condition, educational functioning, living situation and the
criminogenic risk factors that predict the likelihood of re-offense.
(4) Based on the screening and the
assessment, the assessor shall recommend needed services, and supervision
requirements that address the youth's clinical and criminogenic
needs.
(5) Examples of validated
substance use disorder assessment instruments for youth include but are not
limited to: The Global Appraisal of Youth Needs (GAIN), Teen Addiction Severity
Index (T-ASI) and the Personal Experience Inventory (PEI).
Notes
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