Validation of the Veterans Alcoholism Screening Test.

EVERAL alcoholism screening tech iques ave been developed in recent years, including such paper-and-pencil instruments as the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (M^S•) (1), the Self-Administered Alcoholism Screening Test (s^^s•)(2), the Brief Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (3), the Self-Administered Short Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (SMAST)(4), and the c^c.• questions. '• Perhaps the best known and most widely used of these screening techniques is the M^S•.