The Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Division (MHSAS) has updated and streamlined the Substance Abuse Adult and Adolescent Placement Assessments.

Below you will find ADMH approved substance use disorder screening, assessment, and placement forms and supporting documents:

• Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Division White Paper
• For Assessing Adolescents:
  • Adolescents Placement Assessment
  • Adolescents Optional Guide for Service Planning
• For Assessing Adults:
  • Adult Placement Assessment
  • Adult Optional Guide for Service Planning

The MHSAS White Paper outlines the reasons, benefits for this change and how the new tools were developed. The Adult/Adolescent Placement Assessment tools were updated at the request of the providers. Additional training for the use of the updated tool is not necessary for implementation.

The Adult/Adolescent Optional Guides for Service Planning were developed to assist clinicians in the service planning process and reflects the information removed from the placement assessment.

MHSAS will require ALL MHSAS Substance Abuse Providers begin using the updated version no later than May 1, 2016. Please reference the Alabama Department of Mental Health Substance Abuse Services Administrative Code, chapter 580-9-44.13- (7) (a) 1. (i) through (ii) for information regarding the use of the ADMH authorized placement assessment.

We hope the implementation of a more concise placement assessment will result in clients accessing care in a more time sensitive manner.