WHO Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test
WHO ASSIST screens involvement across several substances. This page is for clinics. It is not a diagnosis and not a public test.
Overview
What is the WHO ASSIST?
The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test asks about lifetime and recent use across substance classes and linked problems. It is a structured WHO screen, not a toxicology panel.
Development and clinical use
WHO developed ASSIST for primary and general medical settings. Linked brief-intervention materials exist. Those interventions are clinical work, not something this webpage performs.
- Publisher
- WHO
- Scope
- Multiple substance classes
- Typical use
- Structured screening
- Not toxicology
- Self-report or interview
- Clinical role
- Screening support
- Diagnosis
- Not established by score
Administration
A focused client experience
A trained interviewer or authorised self-report form is used depending on the version. Substance-specific follow-up remains a clinic process.
- One question at a time with visible progress
- Large keyboard-operable response choices
- Previous, next, and answer-review steps
- Clear confirmation that results go to the clinic
The illustration does not reproduce ASSIST items.
Report showcase
Designed to make evidence easy to review
The downloadable synthetic example illustrates report layout using invented response patterns, without patient data or instrument questions.
- Named instrument, version, and provenance
- Item-level response pattern without source wording
- Methodology, references, and clinical boundary
- Responsible clinician review rather than automated conclusions
Clinician review required
Methodology
Understand the measure and its scoring conventions
WHO scoring produces substance-specific involvement scores. This page does not independently verify risk categories. Use official WHO materials.
References
- WHO ASSISTWorld Health Organization. The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST).
Questions
What clinics ask before they evaluate the WHO ASSIST
These answers stay inside educational catalogue scope. They do not replace official manuals or clinician judgement.
Is ASSIST a drug test?
No. It is a screening interview or questionnaire, not a laboratory assay.
Does it diagnose dependence?
No. It structures involvement information for clinician review.
Can I complete ASSIST here?
No. This landing does not collect answers.
ASSIST or DAST-10?
They cover related but different jobs. The clinician chooses; this page does not prescribe a battery.