Consistent with DSM-IV, lifetime diagnoses of alcohol dependence diagnoses required 3 or more of the 7 DSM-IV dependence criteria in the last 12 months or during any previous 12-month period (Hasin et al., 2007). The reliability of the AUDADIS-IV alcohol diagnoses is documented in clinical and general population samples (Chatterji et al., 1997; Grant et al., 2003, 1995; Hasin et al., 1997a,b), with test–retest reliability ranging from good to excellent (=0.70–0.84). Convergent, discriminate, and construct validity of AUDADIS-IV alcohol use disorder criteria and diagnoses were good to excellent (Hasin et al., 1990; Hasin and Paykin, 1999; Hasin et al., 2003, 1997a,b).
