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Table of Contents

1. Introduction to the Issues
2. Understanding Alcohol Abuse
3. Understanding Violence Against Women
4. Alcohol and Domestic Violence
5. Alcohol, Sexual Assault, and Rape
6. Prevention and Early Intervention
7. Screening and Assessment
8. Diagnosis and Treatment
9. Legal and Ethical Issues

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Alcohol Abuse and Violence Against Women

The Short Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (SMAST)

Directions: The following is a list of questions about your past and present drinking habits. Please answer "yes" or "no" to each question by placing an "x" in the appropriate column next to each question. When you are finished answering the questions, please add up how many "yes" responses you checked.

#	Question	Yes	No
1.	Do you feel you are a normal drinker? (drink as much as or less than others)
2.	Does your wife, husband, a parent, or other near relative ever worry or complain about your drinking?
3.	Do you ever feel guilty about your drinking?
4.	Do friends or relatives think you are a normal drinker?
5.	Are you able to stop drinking when you want to?
6.	Have you ever attended a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)?
7.	Has your drinking ever created problems between you and your wife, husband, a parent, or near relative?
8.	Have you ever gotten into trouble at work because of your drinking?
9.	Have you ever neglected your obligations, your family, or your work for 2 or more days in a row because you were drinking?
10.	Have you ever gone to anyone for help about your drinking?
11.	Have you ever been in a hospital because of drinking?
12.	Have you ever been arrested for drunken driving, driving while intoxicated, or driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages?
13.	Have you ever been arrested, even for a few hours, because of other drunken behavior?

There are two methods for scoring the SMAST:

• The Ross Method uses one point for each question answered "yes." A score of four or fewer is considered to be a normal score. A score of five or more indicates potential alcohol abuse.
• The Seltzer Method uses one point for a "no" answer to questions 1, 4, and 5, and each "yes" response to the other questions. Two points indicate a possible problem. Three points indicate a probable problem.

Source: Selzer ML, Vinokur A, van Rooijen L. (1975). A self-administered Short Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (SMAST). Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 36:124.