| Summary: | The Psychological Assessment (AP) consists of a broad process that makes possible the knowledge of the psychological phenomena and helps in the delineation of diagnoses and prognoses. The AP involves a multiplicity of techniques and questions that extrapolate the limits of an exact and homogeneous denomination. This work aimed to make a brief historical recount about the use of psychoactive substances, seeking to understand how this use is meaning and positioned during the story, as well as understand how the process of Psychological Evaluation occurs with users of these substances. For this, a systematic survey of the literature was carried out with the following descriptors: "psychological evaluation AND drugs, psychological evaluation AND psychoactive substances, psychological evaluation AND chemical dependence" in the main databases that index newspapers in Brazil. The inadequacy of psychological and neuropsychological evaluation for psychoactive substance dependents was perceived, indicating the need for validation of more scales and psychological tests for this public, in addition to the adequacy of other techniques for dependent subjects. It is concluded that PA allows identification of possible impairments in cognitive ability and in the development of the social skills of individuals who use psychoactive substances. Through this identification, it is possible to make the necessary routing and intervene appropriately in the particularities of each case.
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