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    Avaliação multidimensional do usuário de drogas e a Escala de Gravidade de Dependência
    (Sociedade de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul, 2010-01-01) Kessler, Felix; Faller, Sibele; Souza-Formigoni, Maria Lucia Oliveira de [UNIFESP]; Cruz, Marcelo Santos; Brasiliano, Sílvia; Stolf, Anderson Ravy; Pechansky, Flavio; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Centro de Pesquisa em Álcool e Drogas; UFRGS CPAD; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP); Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Instituto de Psiquiatria Programa de Estudos e Assistência ao Uso Indevido de Drogas; Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
    INTRODUCTION: Before initiating any treatment for substance abuse, the assessment of problems related to the consumption of those substances is of paramount importance. Considering the complexity of this evaluation, the instrument most widely used in the present days for a multidimensional approach to these patients is the Addiction Severity Index (ASI). OBJECTIVE: The present study presents a literature review, a clinical case vignette, comments on different aspects of the scale, and the discussion of topics covered in the evaluation process, and aims at providing support to health professionals in the sense of systematizing the assessment of these patients. METHOD: The literature review was conducted on MEDLINE, LILACS, and PsycINFO databases, using the keywords assessment and evaluation together with substance-related disorders and other terms presented as synonyms in the Medical Subject Headings. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: There is a paucity of articles in the literature focusing on the topic, and no other instruments designed to provide a general overview of substance users (as is the case with the ASI) are available in Brazil. The use of a scale with these characteristics may be useful for the Brazilian public health system, allowing for the early identification of problems and promoting an improvement in the quality of treatment provided to these patients.