In 1982 the World Health Organization (WHO) asked an international group of investigators
to develop a simple screening instrument to identify persons who are at risk of developing …

Background: There is a need for an effective and feasible alcohol screening instrument. The
aim of the study was to evaluate how the abbreviated versions of the Alcohol Use Disorders …

Abstract purpose: To compare the efficiency of screening for alcoholism using two different
introductions to the CAGE questions. patients: Forty-three alcoholics on inpatient medical …

The comparative validity of the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) and the Alcohol
Dependence Scale (ADS) in screening for current DSM-III alcohol abuse/dependence …

Background: This study attempted to (1) determine the prevalence of alcohol problems in
college freshmen,(2) assess the performance of both the CAGE and the Alcohol Use …

Little Is known about the utility of collateral reports in substantiating self‐report for individuals
assessed in nonalcoholism treatment contexts. This study examined the concordance of 581 …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the performance of a number of
standard screening instruments for alcohol dependence and harmful drinking/abuse by …

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test
(ASSIST) was recently developed for the World Health Organization (WHO) by an …

To determine reliable indicators of alcohol abuse a comprehensive set of clinical and
laboratory information was acquired from three groups of subjects with a wide range of …

BackgroundClinicians have considerable difficulty identifying and helping those people with
alcohol problems but no previous study has looked at this systematically. AimsTo determine …