Drug Use Disorders Identification Test – DUDIT

Drug Use Disorders Identification Test – DUDIT
The team under the auspices of Anne H. Berman. (1992)
 
 1. How often do you use drugs other than alcohol? (See list of drugs on back side.) Never/ Once a month or less often/ 2-4 times a month/ 2-3 times a week/ 4 times a week or more often
2. Do you use more than one type of drug on the same occasion? Never/ Once a month or less often/ 2-4 times a month/ 2-3 times a week/ 4 times a week or more often
3. How many times do you take drugs on a typical day when you use drugs? 0‚ 1-2‚ 3-4‚ 5-6‚ 7 or more
4. How often are you influenced heavily by drugs? Never/ Less often than once a month/ Every month/ Every week/ 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? Never/ Less often than once a month/ Every month/ Every week/ 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? Never/ Less often than once a month/ Every month/ Every week/ 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? Never/ Less often than once a month/ Every month/ Every week/ 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? Never/ Less often than once a month/ Every month/ Every week/ 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? Never/ Less often than once a month/ Every month/ Every week/ Daily or almost every day
10. Have you or anyone else been hurt (mentally or physically) because you used drugs? No/ Yes‚ but not over the past year/ 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? No/ Yes‚ but not over the past year/ Yes‚ over the past year
 
 
This instrument can be found at: http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/html.cfm/index10451EN.html
 

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.

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