DAST-10
ValidatedDrug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-10)
Adults (18+)Self, Clinician~2 min10 questions
“Drug use” refers to (1) the use of prescribed or over-the-counter drugs in excess of the directions, and (2) any nonmedical use of drugs. The various classes of drugs may include cannabis (marijuana, hashish), solvents (e.g., paint thinner), tranquilizers (e.g., Valium), barbiturates, cocaine, stimulants (e.g., speed), hallucinogens (e.g., LSD) or narcotics (e.g., heroin). The questions do not include alcoholic beverages. Please answer every question. If you have difficulty with a statement, then choose the response that is mostly right. These questions refer to drug use in the past 12 months. Please answer No or Yes.
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About this screener — evidence, source
The 10-item short form of Skinner’s Drug Abuse Screening Test. It gives a quantitative index of the degree of problems related to drug use — non-medical use of drugs or use of prescribed or over-the-counter drugs beyond directions — in the past 12 months. Alcohol is excluded; pair it with the AUDIT for a full picture.
Evidence · validated
A systematic review of DAST psychometrics (Yudko et al., 2007) found moderate to high test–retest, inter-item and item–total reliability for the 10-item version, with moderate to high validity, sensitivity and specificity across clinical and research populations. Interpretive ranges are those published with the instrument.
Source & licence
Skinner HA. The Drug Abuse Screening Test. Addict Behav. 1982;7(4):363–371. Yudko E, Lozhkina O, Fouts A. A comprehensive review of the psychometric properties of the Drug Abuse Screening Test. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2007;32(2):189–198. © 1982 Harvey A. Skinner, PhD, and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada.
Licence: Free for non-commercial use — the copyright notice states: “You may reproduce this instrument for non-commercial use (clinical, research, training purposes) as long as you credit the author Harvey A. Skinner.”
Non-commercial clinical, research and training use only; credit Dr Harvey A. Skinner. Item wording and scoring follow the NIDA Clinical Trials Network DAST-10 form (ctnlibrary.org). The CTN library advises contacting Dr Skinner for other uses.
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