The goal of substance abuse screening is to identify individuals who have or are at risk for developing alcohol or drug-related problems, and within that group, identify patients who need further assessment to diagnose their substance use disorders and develop plans to treat them.  Substance Use Screenings are often ordered by the court, probation, or CYFD to determine the level of need for substance use treatment. 

Nurstead Mental Health provides these screenings to assist individuals and the referring system in understanding if there is a need for treatment and can generally perform these assessments the same week we are contacted.

These assessments are often required to be private pay, in these cases NMH charges a fee of $135.00.