by Ken C. Winters, Ph.D. and George A. Henly, Ph.D.

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The PEI helps you identify, refer, and treat teenagers with drug and alcohol problems. It is particularly useful because it covers all forms of substance abuse, assesses both chemical involvement and related psychosocial problems, and documents the need for treatment.

This convenient self-report inventory, used with more than 100,000 adolescents in facilities throughout the country, documents chemical involvement in 12- to 18-year-olds and identifies personal risk factors that may precipitate or sustain substance abuse.

Problem Severity Scales

Drug Use, Frequency, Duration, and Age of Onset

Personal Involvement With Chemicals

Alcohol

Effects From Drug Use

Amphetamines

Social Benefits of Drug Use

Marijuana or Hashish

Personal Consequences of Drug Use

Quaaludes

Polydrug Use

Barbiturates

Transituational Drug Use

LSD

Psychological Benefits of Drug Use

Other Psychedelics

Social-Recreational Drug Use

Tranquilizers

Preoccupation With Drugs

Cocaine/Crack

Loss of Control

Inhalants

Heroin

Psychosocial Scales

Other Opiates

Negative Self-Image

Psychological Disturbance

Problem Screens

Social Isolation

Family Chemical Dependency

Uncontrolled

Sexual Abuse

Rejecting Convention

Physical Abuse

Deviant Behavior

Eating Disorder

Absence of Goals

Suicide Potential

Spiritual Isolation

Psychiatric Referral

Peer Chemical Involvement

Sibling Chemical Use

Sibling Chemical Use

Family Pathology

In addition, five validity scales alert you to response distortion, including defensiveness, “faking bad,” and inattentive responding. Norms, based on nearly 2,000 adolescents, are provided by age and sex for both drug clinic populations and regular high school samples. So you can see where the teenager stands in relation not only to the most extreme cases but also to average adolescents.

The entire inventory can be completed in just 45 minutes. It is then computer scored–using WPS TEST REPORT Mail-In Answer Sheets, the PEI CD, or FAX Service. All of these scoring options provide a complete interpretive report.

The PEI is routinely used in substance abuse treatment programs, student assistance programs, juvenile rehabilitation centers, and private practice. Reinforcing the trend toward earlier intervention, the PEI makes it easier to evaluate the many adolescents who are entering the health care system at younger ages, with more poorly defined problems. It permits more specialized treatment. And it documents the need for treatment–for insurance companies, the juvenile justice system, and parents

Component

KIT FOR MAIL-IN COMPUTER SCORING: Includes 5 WPS TEST REPORT prepaid PEI Mail-In Answer Booklets for computer scoring and interpretation; 1 Manual