Substance Abuse Screening
Employee Drug Screening To Prevent Drug Abuse At Workplace
Hiring an employee who is reliable and responsible is the key to a company’s success. But nowadays appointment of a new employee is no more a simple affair. There was a time when you just need to spot the right person and a quick reference check with the previous employer was enough to verify the credentials of the prospective employee. Nowadays, such a hiring policy may cost your business dearly.
Drug abuse has emerged as a serious problem in the workplace and as an employer you can’t afford to ignore it. According to a study one in 10 employees in the U.S. uses illegal drugs and knows very well how to beat Drug Tests. Drug prevention experts believepre-employment screeningcan combat the epidemic and ensure better working environment. In a survey conducted by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration nearly 16.4 million Americans use illegal drugs, and most of them hold down full-time jobs.
The number of drug users is highest in foodservice industry closely followed by construction industry. Drugs and Alcohol are the major problem faced by employers nowadays. Employee who is used to drugs and alcohol usually does not turn up to work and are more prone to workplace related accidents.
In a recent survey conducted by The Society for Human Resource Management reveals that nearly 90% of HR professionals strictly adhere to extensive Background Screening of prospective employees. A phenomenal 30% increase from a mere 60% in 1995. The growing trend of employee screening seems warranted as the survey also exposes that almost 42% of job applications contain fictitious or twisted information.
Apart from verifying the credentials of the job applicant and drug screening, background check is needed to unearth any criminal records and history of substance abuse. As an employer either you can conduct an in-house screening or hire the services of a professional background screening company. Most of the companies offer these services at extremely competitive rates and usually offer the report with 2-3 days which enable you to take qualified decisions quickly. The reports are precise and bias-free. Moreover they also guide you through state and federal regulations along with the legalities involved in the process of screening. Hiring the services of professionals is advisable as it will enable you to get the legal immunity in case something goes wrong.
Therefore perform the background and drug screening with due diligence and get rest assured that your employees will be genuine assets to your organizations.
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Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory – SASSI – Test Forms – Pack of 100 $0.00 |
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10 Panel Dip Drug Testing Test Kit Substance Abuse Screening Device $0.00 |
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10 Panel Dip Drug Testing Test Kit Substance Abuse Screening Device $0.00 |
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Instant Alcohol Breath Drug Testing Test Kit Substance Abuse Screening Device $0.00 |
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Drug Testing Test Kit 6 Drugs Oral Drug Test Substance Abuse Screening Device $0.00 |
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Drug Testing Test Kit 6 Cassette Substance Abuse Screening Drug Testing Device $0.00 |
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Quicktest 3 Panel Urine Drug Test Kit (THC, COC, mAMP) $12.95 Quick, confidential in-home drug test. 3 panel test covers: ? Marijuana (THC) ? Cocaine (COC) ? Methamphetamine (mAMP) Easy dip test gives results in 5 min. Quick test brand tests are ideal for pre-employment, random, reasonable cause, corrections, clinical, hospital and personal use…. |
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Quicktest 1 Panel Urine Drug Test Kit (THC) $12.95 Quick, confidential in-home drug test. 1 panel test covers: Marijuana (THC) Easy dip test gives results in 5 min. Quick test brand tests are ideal for pre-employment, random, reasonable cause, corrections, clinical, hospital and personal use…. |
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Quicktest 5 Panel Urine Drug Test Kit (THC, COC, mAMP, AMP, OPI) $18.95 Quick, confidential in-home drug test. 5 panel test covers: ? Marijuana (THC) ? Cocaine (COC) ? Amphetamine (AMP) ? Methamphetamine (mAMP) ? Morphine / Opiates (OPI) Also detects many over-the-counter drugs. Easy dip test gives results in 5 min. Quick test brand tests are ideal for pre-employment, random, reasonable cause, corrections, clinical, hospital and personal use…. |
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Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS): A Harm Reduction Approach $19.99 This instructive manual presents a pragmatic and clinically proven approach to the prevention and treatment of undergraduate alcohol abuse. The BASICS model is a nonconfrontational, harm reduction approach that helps students reduce their alcohol consumption gradually and decrease the behavioural and health risks associated with heavy drinking. Including numerous reproducible handouts and assessme… |
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Ur-Ine Trouble $15.99 The truth about drug testing: Why drug users are passing and non-users are failing. * Backed by 172 medical references, written in easy-to-understand language. * Discloses the foods and medications that will cause a false positive test. * Uncovers how drug testing can be used to discriminate against women and minorities. * Medical secrets of passing drug tests revealed. Author Kent Holtorf, M.D. w… |
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Substance Abuse Assessment and Diagnosis: A Comprehensive Guide for Counselors and Helping Professionals $28.94 Substance abuse counseling has gone beyond being viewed as optional training; instead it is fast becoming an essential part of the education of helping professionals. In this book, Dr. Gerald Juhnke presents an innovative, practical model to be used in the assessment and diagnosing of substance abuse and related co-morbid disorders.Substance Abuse Assessment and Diagnosis includes practical “nuts … |
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A psychometric study of the Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory-3 using Rasch analysis. $49.99 The Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inverntory-3 (SASSI-3; Miller & Lazowski, 1999) is a popular screening instrument used to assist professionals in the assessment of individuals who may be substance dependent. Many researchers have reported reliability and validity results on this instrument with mixed results, which at times have contradicted those published by the authors of the instrument. This study is the first to explore the fundamental measurement properties of the SASSI-3 from a Thurstonian perspective. Included in this dissertation are a comprehensive review of the literature on the SASSI-3′s psychometric properties and a discussion of the methods used to evaluate the instrument. The results demonstrated that the whole SASSI-3 meets fundamental measurement properties and can discriminate groups of people from high to low on the substance dependency variable. However, the face valid scales continue to demonstrate higher functioning when used independently of the subtle items. Based on these results, future research recommendations include combining the Face Valid Alcohol and Face Valid Other Drug scales to determine the functioning of these two scales together. |
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A psychometric study of the Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory-3 using Rasch analysis. $49.99 The Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inverntory-3 (SASSI-3; Miller & Lazowski, 1999) is a popular screening instrument used to assist professionals in the assessment of individuals who may be substance dependent. Many researchers have reported reliability and validity results on this instrument with mixed results, which at times have contradicted those published by the authors of the instrument. This study is the first to explore the fundamental measurement properties of the SASSI-3 from a Thurstonian perspective. Included in this dissertation are a comprehensive review of the literature on the SASSI-3′s psychometric properties and a discussion of the methods used to evaluate the instrument. The results demonstrated that the whole SASSI-3 meets fundamental measurement properties and can discriminate groups of people from high to low on the substance dependency variable. However, the face valid scales continue to demonstrate higher functioning when used independently of the subtle items. Based on these results, future research recommendations include combining the Face Valid Alcohol and Face Valid Other Drug scales to determine the functioning of these two scales together. |
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Addiction Medicine $71.24 This handbook provides practical and evidence-based guidelines for evaluating, treating, and managing patients with substance abuse problems. The opening chapters provide an overview of key clinical issues, strategies for interviewing, screening, confronting, and motivating patients, and various treatment modalities. A major portion of the book focuses on diagnosis, medical complications, and treatment of specific drug addictions. Chapters on smoking and prescription drug abuse are also included. Other chapters discuss medical care for the addicted patient, psychiatric illness and addiction, and substance abuse in special populations. Specific treatment protocols are provided and each chapter ends with annotated references to the literature. |
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Adolescent Substance Abuse: New Frontiers in Assessment $49.04 Stay up-to-date in the continuing fight to assess and treat adolescent drug and alcohol abuse Adolescent Substance Abuse: New Frontiers in Assessment presents up-to-date research on the assessment, intervention, and treatment of alcohol and drug use behaviors in adolescents, using screening tools developed to accurately measure the extent and nature of the problem. This unique book provides evidence of how the field has matured over the past 20 years, highlighting the rapid growth in research with a focus on topics deserving of more study. Leading experts working in adolescent health and assessment examine treatment-oriented typologies, treatment matching, problem identification and referral, parent-report, self-report, and the compatibility of anonymous and confidential surveys. Recent advancements in the development and evaluation of research materials have led to vast improvements in the study of adolescent drug abuse. Counselors can now depend on user-friendly features and rigorous psychometric evidence in determining the important differences between adolescent and adult drug use; distinguishing between normative and severe-end drug use behaviors; detecting “faking bad,” “faking good,” and other sources of compromised self-reports; and developing a greater understanding of substance abuse disorders. Still, challenges remain—the validity of adolescent self-report tools is vital; there is a need for more precise identification of related psychosocial problems, and there is a lack of data of whether current assessment tools can identify distinct levels of a problem’s severity. Adolescent Substance Abuse works to meet those challenges. Adolescent Substance Abuse examines: how assessment can be used to identify treatment-oriented typologies to improve treatment matching how to use community readiness for drug abuse prevention how to use the psychometric data of a screening tool for problem |
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Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule (ADIS-IV) Child/Parent Clinician Manual $11.74 Companion Child and Parent Interviews are designed to help you diagnose children with emotional disorder, where anxiety is a prominent component. Problem behaviors and diagnoses include school refusal behavior, separation anxiety, social phobia, specific phobia, panic disorder, agoraphobia, OCD, and PTSD. Assessment of ADHD allow for differentiation of inattentive type, hyperactive-impulsive type, and combined type. Interview questions in the Child Interview are specifically designed to be sensitive and understandable at varied age levels. The Child and Parent Interview Schedules for the ADIS for DSM-IV:C are each semistructured interviews organized diagnostically to permit differential diagnoses among all of the DSM-IV anxiety disorders. In addition, sections for assessing mood and externalizing disorders are included to allow comprehensive assessment of a child’s full diagnostic picture. These sections are particularly important for evaluation of comorbidity patterns that often accompany anxiety disorders. The diagnostic sections of the Child and Parent Interview Schedules allow sufficient information with which to formulate a thorough treatment plan for the child’s presenting problems. The Child and Parent Interview Schedules both contain comprehensive sections for assessing the functions and patterns of school refusal behavior, a serious behavioral complication often accompanying anxiety disorders in youth. Screening sections have been included in the Interview Schedules for assessing substance abuse, psychosis, selective mutism, eating disorders, somatoform disorders, and specific developmental and learning disorders of childhood and adolescence. This item includes one clinician manual. |
