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Instructions:
The next questions will help us to understand whether use of drugs other than alcohol is a problem for you. This includes illicit drugs & pharmaceutical medications (e.g. sleeping pills, pain killers). It does not include medication that you take as prescribed by your doctor.
Please respond in a way that best describes your use of all drugs (other than alcohol). If you haven’t been using any, then you don’t need to answer the questions.
| 1 | How often do you use drugs other than alcohol? | |
| 0 | Never | |
| 1 | Monthly or less | |
| 2 | 2-4 times a month | |
| 3 | 2-3 times a week | |
| 4 | 4 or more times a week | |
| 2 | How often do you use more than one drug on the same occasion? | |
| 0 | Never | |
| 1 | Less than monthly | |
| 2 | Monthly | |
| 3 | Weekly | |
| 4 | Daily or almost daily | |
| 3 | How many times do you take drugs on a typical day when you use drugs? | |
| 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 1-2 | |
| 2 | 3-4 | |
| 3 | 5-6 | |
| 4 | 7 or more | |
| 4 | How often are you influenced heavily by drugs? | |
| 0 | Never | |
| 1 | Less often than once a month | |
| 2 | Every month | |
| 3 | Every week | |
| 4 | Daily or almost every day | |
| 5 | Over the past year, have you felt that your longing for drugs was so strong that you could not resist it? | |
| 0 | Never | |
| 1 | Less often than once a month | |
| 2 | Every month | |
| 3 | Every week | |
| 4 | Daily or almost every day | |
| 6 | Has it happened, over the past year, that you have not been able to stop taking drugs once you started? | |
| 0 | Never | |
| 1 | Less often than once a month | |
| 2 | Every month | |
| 3 | Every week | |
| 4 | Daily or almost every day | |
| 7 | How often over the past year have you taken drugs and then neglected to do something you should have done? | |
| 0 | Never | |
| 1 | Less often than once a month | |
| 2 | Every month | |
| 3 | Every week | |
| 4 | Daily or almost every day | |
| 8 | How often over the past year have you needed to take a drug the morning after heavy drug use the day before? | |
| 0 | Never | |
| 1 | Less often than once a month | |
| 2 | Every month | |
| 3 | Every week | |
| 4 | Daily or almost every day | |
| 9 | How often over the past year have you had guilt feelings or a bad conscience because you used drugs? | |
| 0 | Never | |
| 1 | Less often than once a month | |
| 2 | Every month | |
| 3 | Every week | |
| 4 | Daily or almost every day | |
| 10 | Have you or anyone else been hurt (mentally or physically) because you used drugs? | |
| 0 | No | |
| 2 | Yes, but not over the past year | |
| 4 | Yes, over the past year | |
| 11 | Has a relative or a friend, a doctor or a nurse, or anyone else, been worried about your drug use or said to you that you should stop using drugs? | |
| 0 | No | |
| 2 | Yes, but not over the past year | |
| 4 | Yes, over the past year | |
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Developer
Berman, A. H., Bergman, H., Palmstierna, T., & Schlyter, F. (2003). The Drug Use Disorders Identification Test Manual. Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Neuroscience Section for Alcohol and Drug Dependence Research, M4:02, 171 76 Stockholm.
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References
Berman, A. H., Bergman, H., Palmstierna, T., & Schlyter, F. (2005). Evaluation of the Drug Use Disorders Identification Test (DUDIT) in criminal justice and detoxification settings and in a Swedish population sample. European addiction research, 11(1), 22-31.
Developer Reference:
Berman, A. H., Bergman, H., Palmstierna, T., & Schlyter, F. (2003). The Drug Use Disorders Identification Test Manual. Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Neuroscience Section for Alcohol and Drug Dependence Research, M4:02, 171 76 Stockholm.
Cite this article
mohammad looti (2026). Drug Use Disorders Identification Test (DUDIT). PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Retrieved from https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/drug-use-disorders-identification-test-dudit-2/
mohammad looti. "Drug Use Disorders Identification Test (DUDIT)." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 2 Apr. 2026, https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/drug-use-disorders-identification-test-dudit-2/.
mohammad looti. "Drug Use Disorders Identification Test (DUDIT)." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 2026. https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/drug-use-disorders-identification-test-dudit-2/.
mohammad looti (2026) 'Drug Use Disorders Identification Test (DUDIT)', PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Available at: https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/drug-use-disorders-identification-test-dudit-2/.
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