Abstract
Diagnosis of alcoholic patterns raises many difficulties for clinical assessment and especially for self-report measures. Self-report questionnaires, however, represent the most frequently administered device; they are simple to score and interpret, and allow for rapid, pretreatment evaluation. Advantages abound when considering that alcoholic clients may be impatient, inaccessible, or present for one of many intake assessment sessions. Still, self-report measures suffer limitations due to constraints on validity and reliability. This paper reviews current clinical self-report measures and their shortcomings relative to alcoholics and children of alcoholics. Examined first are common protocols. Second, progress on a new test called the ACOA Behavior Profile is briefly reviewed and implications for clinical practice described.
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