The PRISM is a semi-structured diagnostic interview designed to deal with the problems of psychiatric diagnosis when subjects/patients drink heavily or use drugs.

The development and field testing of the PRISM was funded by a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse awarded to Deborah Hasin, Ph.D. and her group at Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute.

The PRISM is used for making a number of DSM-IV Axis I and Axis II diagnoses including alcohol and drug use disorders. With this interview, you will be able to differentiate psychiatric disorders from substance-induced disorders and from the expected effects of intoxication and withdrawal.

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