The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)

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The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)

Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, and describes how to use it to identify persons with hazardous and harmful pat- terns of alcohol consumption. The AUDIT was developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a simple method of screening for excessive drinking and to assist in brief assessment.

1.How often do you have a drink containing alcohol?
2.How many drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when you are drinking?
3.How often do you have six or more drinks on one occasion?
4.How often during the last year have you found that you were not able to stop drinking once you had started?
5.How often during the last year have you failed to do what was normally expected from you because of drinking?
6.How often during the last year have you needed a first drink in the morning to get yourself going after a heavy drinking session?
7.How often during the last year have you had a feeling of guilt or remorse after drinking?
8.How often during the last year have you been unable to remember what happened the night before because you had been drinking?
9.Have you or someone else been injured as a result of your drinking?
10.Has a relative or friend or a doctor or another health worker been concerned about your drinking or suggested you cut down?

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