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Key System Benefits

Increase organizational efficiency

Target treatment to client needs

Monitor client progress

Improve care coordination

Monitor program effectiveness

Generate quarterly/annual reports

Increase Organizational Efficiency

Common system functions

Web based anytime access/any device

One source record for each client

Common client information

Consistent format of information

Customize to meet Centre data needs

Target Treatment to Client Needs

Standardized intake protocol

Validated multivariate assessment

Mental health and addiction combined

Culturally relevant (adaptation in progress)

Treatment Planning Tool (coming soon)

Monitor Client Progress

Follow up assessment

Progress monitoring reports

Case notes / Client files

Adapt treatment plan / review impact

After care monitoring

Improve Care Coordination

Common referral process

Electronic sharing of key information

Transfer/sharing of client records

Continuity of care (inpatient-outpatient-aftercare)

Early detection of relapse

Monitor Program Effectiveness

Aggregate client outcomes data

Real-time reporting

Advanced filtering

Guide improvement decisions

Generate Quarterly/Annual Reports

Real-time analytics

Instant report generation

Accommodate different funding sources

AMIS System Navigation

AMIS Design - Flexible

Support - HelpDesk

Menus - Tools

Tabs - Grids - Action buttons

Advanced Reporting – Filters

AMIS System Demo

Client records – demographics-settings

Assessments - Forms - Reports

Referral functions

Monitoring client progress

Reviewing program effectiveness

Location settings

Instant quarterly and annual reports

Drug Use Screening Inventory (DUSI-R)

STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3

DQS

SHORTFORM

DUSI-R

3 Minutes 7 Minutes 20 Minutes

TIME

RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

The DUSI-R Quick Screen (DQS)

• Three age-versions of the DUSI-R Quick Screen severity of substance use AND RELATED PROBLEMS during early, middle and late adolescence.

Two Indexes

• Substance Use Involvement Index and

• Problem severity Index

Substance Use Involvement Index

Problem Severity Index

DQS Instant Screening Results

Drug Use Screening Inventory (DUSI-R)

Basic Scales (problem severity 0 – 100%)

Substance Use Family System

Behavior Problems School Performance

Health Status Work Adjustment

Psychiatric Disturbance Peer Affiliation

Social Skills Leisure/Recreation

Drug Use Screening Inventory

Overall Problem Density Score 0-100%

+6 Ancillary Scales• Anxiety• Depression• ADHD• SUD• CD• Violence Proneness

DOMAIN 1ASubstance Topology

• Type of Substances

• Frequency

DOMAIN 1BSubstance Use Consequences

• Motivation (craving) (1)

• Tolerance (2)

• Loss of Control (3,16)

• Social Disruption (6,24)

– Legal

– Injury

– Emotion

• Dependence (12, 18)

DOMAIN 2Behavior Patterns

• Dysregulation (28,23,25,28,29,30,31)

• Social isolation (26,34,35)

• Interpersonal hypersensivity

– Anger (17,27)

– Aggression (19,20,27,32)

DOMAIN 3Health Status

Frequent health problems associated with

substance use and psychiatric disorder

• Disease (46,47)

•Injury (39)

•Illness (41,42,43,44,46,47)

•HIV Risk (45)

DOMAIN 4Mental Health Disorder

• Antisociality (49,50,51)

• ADHD (52,53,54,55)

• Affect (D&A) (56-64, 67)

• Paranoia (63-66)

• Mania (68)

DOMAIN 5Social Competence

• Relationship formation (71,72,73,77,82,83)

• Assertive (73,74,79)

• Help seeking (75)

• Refusal (76,80)

• Compliment acceptance (81)

DOMAIN 6Family System

• Substance use (55,86)

• Antisociality (87)

• Dyadic interactions quality (Dysfunction)

• Conflict (88,93)

• Cohesion (89)

• Engagement/investment (90,92,94,95,96,97)

• Boundaries/rules (91)

• Threats (98)

DOMAIN 7School Problems

• Likes school (100)

• Performance/grades (101,102,103,104)

• Compliance (103,106,108,112,118)

• Adjustment (110,111,119)

• Dropout risk (105)

• Perceived danger (113)

DOMAIN 8Work Adjustment

• Firing (122, 125, 128)

• Interpersonal Adjustment (121,124,127,129)

• Job seeking skills (125)

• Illegal Work (126)

DOMAIN 9Peer Relationships

• Peer drug use/dealing (132,133,139,140)

• Non-drug antisociality (134,136,138,141)

• Older friends (137)

• Gang (142)

• Adjustment problems (143,144,145)

DOMAIN 10Leisure and Recreation

• Active activities (147,151,158)

• Passive activities (149,152)

• Adult supervision (148,150)

• Boredom (153)

• Solitary activity (154,156)

Why use the DUSI-R?

1. Comprehensive

• 16 scales

2. Efficient

• 20 minutes to administer, and immediate automatic scoring

3. Pragmatic

• measures problems that can be resolved

4. Ranks Problems Severity on a Common Metric of 0-100%

• intervention can be tailored to the magnitude of each problem

5. Improves Staff Decision Making

• Treatment plan, monitor change, relapse prevention

Why use the DUSI-R?

6. Resources Management

• Informs resource needed for prevention and treatment

7. Outcomes Monitoring

• Tracking client’s progress

8. Program Evaluation

• Document magnitude of benefit and cost-effectiveness.

9. Client Motivation/Engagement

• Form partnership with client to catalyze empowerment

10. Brief, Short, and Full Versions are available

Prioritizing Intervention Modalities

Monitoring Patient Response to Tx

Patient Response to Tx

Tx Plan Adaptation –

Changing Needs/Priorities

Post–Treatment Gains Sustained,

Monitor Risk for Relapse

Population Profile – Multivariate

Needs

Population Profile – Substance Use

Population Profile –

Substance Use Reduction

Population Profile – Mental Health

Population Profile – Adverse

Outcomes

Population Profile – Reduction of

Likelihood of Disorder by age 19, 22

Population Profile – Reduction of Risk

for Adverse Outcomes

Through technology,

patient-centered clinical practice

and case management are

efficiently coordinated

by the DUSI-R

Publications

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Kirisci, L., Reynolds, M., & Tarter, R. (2013). Quick screen to detect current substance use disorder in adolescents and likelihood of

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