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Psychosocial History
The psychosocial history is a critical component of the assessment of patients with substance abuse, dependence, and related problems. Collection of this information typically occurs during a patient interview, but it may also be gathered using self-report questionnaires and other assessment instruments. There are multiple components of the psychosocial history that collectively contribute to a thorough assessment of the patient's current psychological functioning and future treatment needs. This entry provides a summary of the main components of the psychosocial history and proposes useful strategies to acquire this information during a patient evaluation.
Establishing Rapport
Establishing initial rapport with a patient during an evaluation is essential in gaining a valid, consistent, and thorough psychosocial history. Strategies consistent with motivational interviewing, an approach developed by William Miller and Stephen ...
- Behavioral Addictions
- Classifications of Drugs of Abuse
- Alcohol
- Amphetamines
- Amyl Nitrite
- Anabolic Steroids
- Anxiolytic Drugs
- Barbiturates
- Benzodiazepines
- Buprenorphine
- Caffeine
- Central Nervous System Depressants
- Central Nervous System Stimulants
- Club Drugs
- Cocaine and Crack
- Drugs, Classification of
- Ecstasy
- Fentanyl
- Hallucinogens
- Heroin
- Illicit and Illegal Drugs
- Inhalants
- Levo-Alpha Acetyl Methadol
- Marijuana
- Methadone
- Methamphetamine
- Methods of Drug Administration
- Morphine
- Naltrexone
- Opioids
- Over-the-Counter Drugs
- OxyContin
- Prescription Drugs
- Tobacco
- Criminal Justice System and Substance Abuse
- Engagement and Intervention
- Family and Community Issues
- Adult Children of Alcoholics
- Al-Anon
- Alateen
- Behavioral Couples Therapy
- Binge Drinking
- Brief Strategic Family Therapy
- Children of Alcoholics
- Codependency
- Community Reinforcement and Family Training
- Community Reinforcement Approach
- Enabling
- Experimental Substance Use
- Family Behavior Therapy
- Family Therapy
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Fetal Effects of Alcohol and Other Drugs
- Multidimensional Family Therapy
- Violence, Intimate Partner and Substance Abuse Treatment
- Models of Addiction
- Neurobiology of Addiction
- Prevention Theories, Research, Techniques, Strategies, and Effectiveness
- Alcohol Marketing
- Alternative Activities
- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
- Community-Based Processes
- Drug Abuse Resistance Education
- Environmental Approaches
- Evidence-Based Prevention
- Evidence-Based Prevention and Treatment, Dissemination and Adoption of
- Expectancies
- Fidelity of Prevention Programs
- Gateway Drugs Theory
- High-Risk Behaviors
- Information Dissemination
- Institute of Medicine Classification System
- Mentoring
- Monitoring the Future
- National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
- National Media Campaign
- National Outcome Measures
- National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices
- National Survey on Drug Use and Health
- Prevention Education
- Prevention Evaluation
- Prevention Populations
- Prevention Resources
- Prevention Strategies
- Problem Identification and Referral
- Public Policy, Prevention
- Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Issues in Prevention
- Refusal Skills
- Risk and Protective Factor Theory
- Risk Factors for Addiction
- School-Based Prevention Programs
- Social Norms Marketing
- Social Skills Training
- Tobacco Marketing and Countermarketing
- Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement
- Underage Drinking
- Violence Prevention
- Professional Issues in Addictions
- Addiction Technology Transfer Centers
- American Society of Addiction Medicine
- Business Improvement Practices
- Centers for the Application of Prevention Technologies
- Certification and Licensing
- Clinical Supervision of Addiction Counselors
- College on Problems of Drug Dependence
- Confidentiality
- Dual Relationships
- Electronic Health Records
- Ethical Standards for Addiction Professionals
- Ethics
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- Impaired Professionals
- Informed Consent
- International Coalition for Addiction Studies Education
- NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals
- Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment
- Qualified Services Organization Agreements
- Single State Authorities
- State Provider Associations
- Public Policy Development
- Access to Recovery
- Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
- Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
- Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act
- Decriminalization
- Demand Reduction
- Discrimination, Addicted and Recovering Individuals
- Drug Testing
- Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act
- Economic Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse
- Harm Reduction, Public Health
- Indian Health Services
- Insurance Parity
- Join Together
- Legal Action Center
- Legalization of Drugs
- Medical Use of Marijuana
- Moderation Approaches to Alcohol Problems
- National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
- National Drug Control Strategy
- National Epidemiologie Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions
- National Institute of Mental Health
- National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices
- Needle Exchange Programs
- Office of National Drug Control Policy
- Public Policy, Alcohol
- Public Policy, Drugs
- Public Policy, Prevention
- Public Policy, Treatment
- pulse Check
- Single State Authorities
- State Provider Associations
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Supply Reduction
- Synar Amendment
- Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement
- War on Drugs
- Recovery
- Al-Anon
- Alateen
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Big Book, The
- Bill W.
- Cocaine Anonymous
- Double Trouble
- Dry Drunk Syndrome
- Gamblers Anonymous
- Moderation in Use
- Moderation Management
- Narcotics Anonymous
- Natural Recovery
- Peer Recovery Support Services
- Rational Recovery
- Recovery
- Recovery Community Organizations
- Recovery Community Services Program
- Recovery Schools
- Recovery Support Services
- Secular Organizations for Sobriety/Save Our Selves
- Sobriety
- Social Drinking
- Spiritual Issues
- Stigma
- Support Groups
- Twelve Steps
- Twelve-Step Recovery Programs
- Women for Sobriety
- Relapse Prevention
- Research and Evaluation Issues in Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment
- Cannabis Youth Treatment Study
- College on Problems of Drug Dependence
- COMBINE Study
- Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Studies
- Evidence-Based Prevention
- Evidence-Based Prevention and Treatment, Dissemination and Adoption of
- Evidence-Based Treatment
- Fidelity of Prevention Programs
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network
- National Treatment Improvement Evaluation Study
- Prevention Evaluation
- Project MATCH
- Research Issues in Prevention
- Research Issues in Treatment
- Screening, Assessment, and Diagnosis
- Addiction Severity Index
- Alcohol Testing
- Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test
- Alcohol-Induced Disorders
- Alcoholism
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Anxiety Disorders
- Assessment
- Assessment Instruments
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- CAGE Screening Instrument
- Co-Occurring Disorders
- Denial
- Depression
- Diagnosis
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
- Drug Abuse Screening Test
- Drug Testing
- Experimental Substance Use
- Inventory of Drinking Situations
- Michigan Alcohol Screening Test
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Problem Oriented Screening Instrument for Teenagers
- Psychosocial History
- Screening
- Screening Instruments
- Self-Report Inventories
- Substance Abuse
- Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory-3
- Substance Dependence
- Substance Use Disorders
- Substance-Induced Disorders
- Substance-Induced Withdrawal Delirium
- Timeline Followback
- Tolerance
- Urine Toxicology Testing
- Withdrawal
- Sociocultural and Historical Perspectives on Drug use
- Special Populations: Etiology, Prevention, and Treatment
- Adolescents, Substance Abuse and Treatment
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Anxiety Disorders
- Athletes and Drug Use
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Children of Alcoholics
- College Students, Alcohol Use and Abuse
- College Students, Drug Use and Abuse
- Co-Occurring Disorders
- Criminal Justice Populations
- Depression
- Disabilities, Issues in Prevention and Treatment
- Elderly Populations, Treatment Issues
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Fetal Effects of Alcohol and Other Drugs
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues
- Gender Issues
- Homeless, Substance Abuse and Treatment
- Maternal Drug Use
- Multiculturalism
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Issues in Alcohol and Other Drug Use
- Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Issues in Prevention
- Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Issues in Treatment
- Special Populations
- Veterans, Substance Abuse and Treatment
- Welfare Reform and Substance Abuse
- Substance Abuse Health-Related Issues
- Alcohol-Related Birth Defects
- Amotivational Syndrome
- Antidepressant Drugs
- Antipsychotic Drugs
- Antiseizure Drugs
- Anxiolytic Drugs
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Blood Alcohol Concentration
- Drug Abuse Warning Network
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Fetal Effects of Alcohol and Other Drugs
- Grief, Loss, and Substance Abuse
- Health Care System and Substance Abuse
- Hepatitis C
- HIV/AIDS
- Injection Drug Use
- Insurance Parity
- Maternal Drug Use
- Medical Consequences
- Medical Use of Marijuana
- Methods of Drug Administration
- Pain Management
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Suicide
- Tuberculosis
- Substance Abuse in the Workplace and School
- Treatment Theories, Research, Techniques, Strategies, and Effectiveness
- Abstinence Violation Effect
- Acamprosate
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Antabuse (Disulfiram)
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Anxiety Disorders
- Aversive Therapy
- Behavioral Couples Therapy
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Brief Interventions
- Brief Strategic Family Therapy
- Buprenorphine
- Cannabis Youth Treatment Study
- CENAPS Model
- Client Engagement
- Client/Treatment Matching
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive-Social Learning Model
- COMBINE Study
- Community Reinforcement and Family Training
- Community Reinforcement Approach
- Contingency Management
- Continuum of Care
- Co-Occurring Disorders
- Counseling Approaches
- Court-Mandated Treatment
- Covert Sensitization
- Craving
- Depression
- Detoxification
- Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Studies
- Evidence-Based Prevention and Treatment, Dissemination and Adoption of
- Evidence-Based Treatment
- Family Behavior Therapy
- Family Therapy
- Gender Issues
- Grief, Loss, and Substance Abuse
- Group Therapy and Counseling
- Harm Reduction Psychotherapy
- Inventory of Drinking Situations
- Levo-Alpha Acetyl Methadol
- Matrix Model
- Methadone Maintenance Treatment
- Minnesota Model
- Moderation Approaches to Alcohol Problems
- Moderation in Use
- Motivational Enhancement Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multidimensional Family Therapy
- Naloxone
- Naltrexone
- National Outcome Measures
- National Treatment Improvement Evaluation Study
- Nicotine Replacement Therapy
- Outpatient Treatment
- Patient Placement Criteria
- Pharmacological Approaches to Treatment
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Project MATCH
- Public Policy, Treatment
- Qualified Services Organization Agreements
- Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Issues in Treatment
- Rapid Opioid Detoxification
- Relapse
- Relapse Prevention
- Residential Treatment
- Resistance in Treatment
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Stages of Change Model
- Substitute Addictions
- Support Groups
- Synanon
- Therapeutic Communities
- Tobacco Cessation Programs and Treatments
- Treatment Access and Retention
- Treatment Approaches and Strategies
- Treatment Effectiveness
- Treatment Facilities
- Treatment in Jails and Prisons
- Treatment of Alcohol and Drug Use Disorders
- Treatment Plans and Treatment Planning
- Treatment Programs for Alcohol or Drug Abuse
- Treatment Settings
- Treatment, Nontraditional Approaches
- Twelve-Step Facilitation
- Veterans, Substance Abuse and Treatment
- Violence, Intimate Partner and Substance Abuse Treatment
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