Description

The Personal Experience Screening Questionnaire (PESQ) provides a quick, cost-effective way to screen adolescents for substance abuse. In just 10 minutes, this brief, standardized, self-report questionnaire identifies teenagers who should be referred for a complete chemical dependency evaluation.
Developed by the Minnesota Chemical Dependency Adolescent Assessment Project, the PESQ is a brief screener intended to help service providers make appropriate referrals. It is especially useful in schools, juvenile detention centers, medical clinics, and other settings where routine screening rather than in-depth evaluation is the goal.