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James Fitzgerald, MS, NCC, AAP, Psychotherapist

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Client Assessments

Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST 10)

General Instructions

"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 within the past 12 months. Please answer no or yes.

Is there anything else you think your therapist should know about your drug use.

Skinner HA (1982). The Drug Abuse Screening Test. Addictive Behavior. 7(4):363-371. Yudko E, Lozhkina O, Fouts A (2007). A comprehensive review of the psychometric properties of the Drug Abuse Screening Test. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 32:189-198.