A Score of Five Points on the DAST Would

question 3

Multiple Choice

A score of five points on the DAST would

• A)be below the cut-off score necessary to suggest a substance use disorder on this instrument.
• B)be sufficiently high to suggest a substance use disorder on this instrument.
• C)suggest substance abuse, but not substance dependence.
• D)reflect extreme denial on this instrument since a score of five points has been engineered to be a lie detection score suggestive of attempts at deception.

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