WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTE O COLBOTIVE PRECT ON THE IDENTIFICATION D TATNT OF PERSONS WITH RUL COHOL CONSUTION REPORT ON PSE I T DOPNT OF A SCREENING INSTRUNT John B. Saunders Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Sydney ) Australia and Olaf G. Aasland DISTR.: GENERAL(E) WHO/H/DAT/86.3 ✓ ENGUSH ONLr Nat ional Directorate for the Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Problems Oslo ) Norway Prepared for the Division of Mental Health, World Health Organization, Geneva on behalf of the O collabo�ative team of investigators Copyright (c) World Health Organization 1987 This document is not a formal publicatio of the World Hea!th Organization (WHO). and all rights are reserved by the Organization. The document may, however, be free!y reviewed, abstracted, rproduced or translated, ln part or in whole, but not for sale or use in onjunc- tion with commercial purposes. The views expressed in documents by named authors are solely the responsibility of those authors. Ce document n'est pa une publication officielle de l'Orga- nisatian mondlale de la Sant& (OMS) et tous les droits y afferents sont reserves pr !'Organisation. S'it peut �tre comment&, resume ou cite sans aucune restriction, ii ne urait cependant iHre reproduit ni traduit, partie!leent ou en totlit4, pour la vente ou des flns commercia!es. Les opinions cxprimees dans les documents par des a\1teurs cits nommment n'engagenet ue lesdits auteurs.