Alcohol Use Scale (AUS) + Drug Use Scale (DUS)

Full name of scale

AUS - Alcohol Use Scale

Languages

English

Rater

Clinician-rated

Training

No information found

Utility

It can be used in clinical settings.

It is used to detect substance abuse problems.

Time to complete

No information found

Cost/license

Open access. Can be found here: https://uwspiritlab.org/assertive-community-treatment-act-3/act-resources/act-daily-tools/

 

Full name of scale

Drug Use Scale

Languages

English

Rater

Clinician rated

Training

No information found

Utility

It is used to measure alcohol and drug consumption in severely mentally ill populations.

Time to complete

No information found

Cost/license

Open access. It can be found here: https://uwspiritlab.org/assertive-community-treatment-act-3/act-resources/act-daily-tools/

Drake, R., Mueser, K., & McHugo, G. (1996). Clinician rating scales: Alcohol use scale (AUS), drug use scale (DUS), and substance abuse treatment scale (SATS). In Outcome assessment in clinical practice (pp. 113–116). Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins.

Møller, T., & Linaker, O. M. (2010). Using brief self-reports and clinician scales to screen for substance use disorders in psychotic patients. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 64(2), 130–135. Follow this link for the article.

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