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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-3-31
pubmed:abstractText
The development and initial validation of the Drug Abuse Screening Test for Adolescents (DAST-A) is summarized. The DAST-A, derived from a modification of the original adult version called the Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST: Skinner, 1982), was psychometrically tested in a study group of adolescent inpatients. The DAST-A demonstrated good internal consistency, high test-retest reliability, unidimensional factor structure, and good concurrent validity. Using the classification system of the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (American Psychiatric Association 1994), DAST-A scores of greater than 6 yielded sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive powers of 78.6%, 84.5%, and 82.3%, respectively, in differentiating adolescent psychiatric inpatients with and without drug-related disorders. These findings suggest that the DAST-A holds promise as a drug abuse screening measure in psychiatrically impaired adolescent populations.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0306-4603
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
57-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10708319-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:10708319-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:10708319-Antisocial Personality Disorder, pubmed-meshheading:10708319-Comorbidity, pubmed-meshheading:10708319-Dangerous Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:10708319-Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry), pubmed-meshheading:10708319-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10708319-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10708319-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10708319-Mass Screening, pubmed-meshheading:10708319-Mental Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:10708319-Patient Admission, pubmed-meshheading:10708319-Personality Inventory, pubmed-meshheading:10708319-Psychometrics, pubmed-meshheading:10708319-Reproducibility of Results, pubmed-meshheading:10708319-Street Drugs, pubmed-meshheading:10708319-Substance-Related Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:10708319-Suicide
pubmed:articleTitle
Development of the drug abuse screening test for adolescents (DAST-A).
pubmed:affiliation
Yale University School of Medicine, USA. steve.martino@yale.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article