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Substance-Related Disorders

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Sourcebook of Adult Assessment Strategies

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The CAGE, developed by J.A. Ewing and B.A. Rouse, is a 4-item interview schedule that assesses alcohol abuse. The name “CAGE” comes from letters in the four questions: cut, annoyed, guilty, eye-opener (Mayfield, McLeod, & Hall, 1974). The CAGE is much briefer than most alcohol screening measures and can therefore serve as a way for health and mental health professionals to quickly screen clients for alcohol abuse as a supplement to assessment for other problems. The CAGE is very widely used in applied settings (Strang, Bradley, & Stockwell, 1989).

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Schutte, N.S., Malouff, J.M. (1995). Substance-Related Disorders. In: Sourcebook of Adult Assessment Strategies. Applied Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1277-0_3

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