title: Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of CRAFFT Substance Abuse Screening Test among adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to validate the CRAFFT diagnostic test, against the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Fourth Edition, Axis 1-based diagnostic inventory in a Turkish population of adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  The 124 adolescents who were 15-18 years old were enrolled to this study. CRAFFT was self-administered. Interviews took approximately 30 minutes, including the DSM-IV diagnostic interview for alcohol/drug dependence.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age of subjects was 16.653 years (minimum: 15 years, maximum: 18 years). A score of 2 or higher in part B was found to be optimal for detecting youths with substance dependence problems (sensitivity: 0.82; specificity: 0.88) and it was sufficiently discriminative.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The CRAFFT is a valid and reliable instrument for identifying Turkish-speaking youths at risk for substance use disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kandemir
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ömer
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Aydemir
authors.affiliation: Balıklı Rum Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Suat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ekinci
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Salih
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Selek
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Balikligol State Hospital, Sanliurfa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sultan B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Kandemir
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hüseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bayazit
keywords: CRAFFT; Turkish; adolescent; substance abuse; validity