...Øystein Hoel Gundersen; Jon Mordal; Anne H. Berman; Jørgen G. Bramness High rates of substance use disorders (SUD) among psychiatric patients are well documented. This study explores the usefulness of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and the Drug Use Disorders Identification...

... Identification Test (AUDIT), its short form AUDIT-C, the Substance Module of the Problem Oriented Screening Instrument for Teenagers (POSIT), and CRAFFT (acronym for car, relax, alone, forget, family, and friends). Methods: The questionnaires were filled in by 9th and 10th graders from two comprehensive schools...

...Kent O. Johnsson; Anders Leifman; Mats Berglund Aims: Changes in AUDIT score trajectories were examined in a student population during their first 4 years at a university, including high-risk consumers and a subsample of low-risk consumers. Method: 359 students were selected for the present study...

...G. Bischof; J. Grothues; S. Reinhardt; U. John; C. Meyer; S. Ulbricht; H.-J. Rumpf Aims: The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) is a common screening instrument. This study analyses if response categories of the AUDIT might be dichotomized without affecting the psychometric...

... Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). Those who reported daily use of opiates and stimulants completed the Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS). Information was obtained from medical notes about the prisoners’ hepatitis B and HIV status. The MINI identified 27.5% of the prisoners as dependent...