The Alcohol Research Group FREE Alcohol Screening Test *

 

Fully confidential.  No identifying information is collected.

Please answer these 4 questions:

 

    Yes No
During the last year have you had a feeling of guilt or remorse after drinking?
During the last year has a friend or a family member ever told you about things
you said or did while you were drinking that you could not remember?

During the last year have you failed to do what was normally expected from you because of drinking?
Do you sometime take a drink when you first get up in the morning?

 

Did you answer any question “Yes”?  Press here:
Did you answer every question “No”?  Press here:

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* About the Test

This test is called the Rapid Alcohol Problems Screen (RAPS4) and was developed by ARG Senior Scientist Cheryl J. Cherpitel, Dr.P.H., R.N.   The name is also an acronym for Remorse–Amnesia–Perform–Starter.  For technical information see the following:

Cherpitel, C. J. (1995). Screening for alcohol problems in the emergency room: A rapid alcohol problems screen. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 40, 133-137.

Cherpitel, C. J. (1997). Brief screening instruments for alcoholism. Alcohol Health & Research World  21 (4), 348-351.

Cherpitel, C. J. (2000) A brief screening instrument for problem drinking in the emergency room: the RAPS4. Journal of Studies on Alcohol  61, 447-449.

Cherpitel, C. J. (2002) Screening for alcohol problems in the U.S. general population: comparison of the CAGE, RAPS4, and RAPS4-QF by gender, ethnicity, and services utilization. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research  26 (11), 1686-1691.
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