DRUG USE QUESTIONNAIRE (DAST-20) Name: _________________________ Date: __________________

The following questions concern information about your potential involvement with drugs not including alcoholic beverages during the past 12 months. Carefully read each statement and decide if your answer is "Yes" or "No". Then, circle the appropriate response beside the question. In the statements "drug abuse" refers to (1) the use of prescribed or over the counter drugs in excess of the directions and (2) any non-medical use of drugs. The various classes of drugs may include: cannabis (e.g. marijuana, hash), solvents, tranquilizers (e.g. Valium), barbiturates, cocaine, stimulants (e.g. speed), hallucinogens (e.g. LSD) or narcotics (e.g. heroin). Remember that 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. 1982 by the Addiction Research Foundation. Author: Harvey A. Skinner Ph.D. For information on the DAST, contact Dr. Harvey Skinner at the Addiction Research Foundation, 33 Russell St., Toronto, Canada, M5S 2S1.

These questions refer to the past 12 months. Circle your response 1. Have you used drugs other than those required for medical reasons?................ Yes No 2. Have you abused prescription drugs? ................................................................. Yes No 3. Do you abuse more than one drug at a time? ..................................................... Yes No 4. Can you get through the week without using drugs? .......................................... Yes No 5. Are you always able to stop using drugs when you want to?............................... Yes No 6. Have you had "blackouts" or "flashbacks" as a result of drug use? .................... Yes No 7. Do you ever feel bad or guilty about your drug use? .......................................... Yes No 8. Does your spouse (or parents) ever complain about your involvement with drugs? ......................................................................................................... Yes No 9. Has drug abuse created problems between you and your spouse or your parents? .................................................................................................. Yes No 10. Have you lost friends because of your use of drugs? ......................................... Yes No 11. Have you neglected your family because of your use of drugs? ........................ Yes No 12. Have you been in trouble at work because of drug abuse? ................................ Yes No 13. Have you lost a job because of drug abuse? ...................................................... Yes No 14. Have you gotten into fights when under the influence of drugs? ......................... Yes No 15. Have you engaged in illegal activities in order to obtain drugs? .......................... Yes No 16. Have you been arrested for possession of illegal drugs? .................................... Yes No 17. Have you ever experienced withdrawal symptoms (felt sick) when you stopped taking drugs? ......................................................................................... Yes No 18. Have you had medical problems as a result of your drug use (e.g. memory loss, hepatitis, convulsions, bleeding, etc.)?.................................. Yes No 19. Have you gone to anyone for help for a drug problem? ..................................... Yes No 20. Have you been involved in a treatment program specifically related to drug use? ............................................................................................. Yes No

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DAST 1982 Skinner, Harvey A. The Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) was designed to provide a brief instrument for clinical and non-clinical screening to detect drug abuse or dependence disorders. It is most useful in settings in which seeking treatment for drug use problems is not the patient's stated goal. It was adapted from the MAST to detect drug abuse or dependence pertaining to a range of psychoactive substances other than alcohol. The 28 selfreport items cover a a variety of consequences related to drug abuse without being specific about the drug, thus alleviating the necessity of using different instruments specific to each drug. A 20-item version of the DAST was found to have psychometric properties comparable with the 28-item version. Both versions are referred to as the DAST in the literature. In addition, the DAST provides a general measure of lifetime problem severity that can be used to guide further inquiry into drug-related problems and to help determine treatment intensity. It takes about 5 minutes to administer the DAST and 2 minutes to score the DAST. Adults Screening | Self-administered questionnaire Skinner HA. The Drug Abuse Screening Test. Addict Behav 1982;7(4):363-367.

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Staley D, El-Guebaly N. Psychometric properties of the Drug Abuse Screening Test in a psychiatric patient population. Addict Behav 1990;15:257264. Bedregal LE ; Sobell LS ; Sobell MB ; Simco E. Psychometric characteristics of a Spanish version of the DAST-10 and the RAGS. Addictive Behaviors 2006 Feb;31(2):309-319. Erratum to "Psychometric characteristics of a Spanish version of the DAST-10 and the RAGS", Bedregal LE [Addictive Behaviors 2006;31(9):1730]. McCabe SE; Boyd CJ; Cranford JA; Morales M; Slayden J. A modified version of the Drug Abuse Screening Test among undergraduate students. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 2006;31:297-303. Yudko E; Lozhkina O; Fouts A. A comprehensive reivew of the psychometric properties of the Drug Abuse Screening Test. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 2007;32(2):189-198.

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http://adai.washington.edu/instruments/pdf/ Drug_Abuse_Screening_Test_105.pdf (ADAI) ADAI Library Search: Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) ADAI Sound Data Source ADAI-SDS | APA | EIB | TIP 16 | TIP 42 | CAMH Copyright 1982, Harvey A. Skinner & CAMH. The instrument is in the public domain. Scoring procedures can be found in the source reference, along with a copy of the 28 item version. The DAST-20 can be found at the link above. Harvey A. Skinner Department of Behavioural Sciences University of Toronto 12 Queens Park, Crescent West McMurrich Building, 1st floor Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada tel: 416-978-2040 email: harvey.skinner@utoronto.ca web: http://www.phs.utoronto.ca

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This instrument has been programmed for use by Sound Data Source, a work group within the University of Washington Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute (ADAI) that provides customizable, secure, web-based data collection and data management software [Learn more about SDS]. Drug Abuse Screening Test, Short Form (DAST-10) No special training is required for administration of this instrument. (APA) The DAST appears to be a useful instrument for measuring drug involvement and problems associated with the abuse of drugs other than alcohol. It evidenced high internal consistency reliability and good item-total scale correlations in a diverse psychiatric patient population. A diagnostic validity analysis of the DAST indicated that it attained a maximum overall accuracy of 89% in classifying patients according to DSM-III Substance Abuse diagnosis. It also has high sensitivity and specificity. Details on these psychometric measures can be found in the Staley, el-Guebaly 1990 article (Other References, above).

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