The CAGE is a simple screening questionnaire to identify potential problems with alcohol.

Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment For Alcohol (CIWA) is the most common method of treating alcohol withdrawal.

Clinical Opiate Withdrawal scale (COWS), is a numbered scale designed to help clinicians tailor opioid withdrawal treatment to individual people.

The Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) is a screening tool. It is a 28-item self-report scale that consists of items that parallel those of the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST). The DAST has “exhibited valid psychometric properties” and has been found to be “a sensitive screening instrument for the abuse of drugs other than alcohol.