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NOTE: This test can be downloaded in PDF format, but Adobe Acrobat is required.


The MAST Test is a simple, self scoring test that helps assess if you have a drinking problem. Please answer YES or NO to the following questions:



      MICHIGAN ALCOHOLISM SCREENING TEST (MAST)







YES

NO

Points


0.

Do you enjoy drinking now and then?

___

___


*

1.

Do you feel you are a normal drinker? ("normal" - drink as much or less than most other people)

___

___

(2)


2.

Have you ever awakened the morning after some drinking the night before and found that you could not remember a part of the evening?

___

___

(2)


3.

Does your wife, husband, a parent, or other near relative ever worry or complain about your drinking?

___

___

(1)

*

4.

Can you stop drinking without a struggle after one or two drinks?

___

___

(2)


5.

Do you ever feel guilty about your drinking?

___

___

(1)

*

6.

Do friends or relatives think you are a normal drinker?

___

___

(2)

*

7.

Are you able to stop drinking when you want to?

___

___

(2)


8.

Have you ever attended a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)?

___

___

(5)


9.

Have you gotten into physical fights when drinking?

___

___

(1)


10.

Has you drinking ever created problems between you and your wife, husband, a parent, or other relative?

___

___

(2)


11.

Has your wife, husband (or other family members) ever gone to anyone for help about your drinking?

___

___

(2)


12.

Have you ever lost friends because of your drinking?

___

___

(2)


13.

Have you ever gotten into trouble at work or school because of drinking?

___

___

(2)


14.

Have you ever lost a job because of drinking?

___

___

(2)


15.

Have you ever neglected your obligations, your family, or your work for two or more days in a row because you were drinking?

___

___

(2)


16.

Do you drink before noon fairly often?

___

___

(1)


17.

Have you ever been told you have liver trouble? Cirrhosis?

___

___

(2)

**

18.

After heavy drinking have you ever had Delirium Tremens (D.T.s) or severe shaking, or heard voices, or seen things that are really not there?

___

___

(2)


19.

Have you ever gone to anyone for help about your drinking?

___

___

(5)


20.

Have you ever been in a hospital because of drinking?

___

___

(5)


21.

Have you ever been a patient in a psychiatric hospital or on a psychiatric ward of a general hospital where drinking was part of the problem that resulted in hospitalization?

___

___

(2)


22.

Have you ever been seen at a psychiatric or mental health clinic or gone to any doctor, social worker, or clergyman for help with any emotional problem, where drinking was part of the problem?

___

___

(2)

***

23.

Have you ever been arrested for drunk driving, driving while intoxicated, or driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages?

(If YES, How many times?___)

___

___

(2)

***

24.

Have you ever been arrested, or taken into custody even for a few hours, because of other drunk behavior?

(If YES, How many times?___)

___

___

(2)








*

Alcoholic response is negative





**

5 points for Delirium Tremens





***

2 points for each arrest





SCORING

Add up the points for every question you answered with YES, for Q23 and Q24 multiply the number of times by points                                                                              _______

0 - 3 No apparent problem
4 Early or middle problem drinker
5 or more Problem drinker (Alcoholic)
  Programs using the above scoring system find it very sensitive at the five point level an it tends to find more people alcoholic than anticipated. However, it is a screening test and should be sensitive at its lower levels.

References
Selzer, M.L., The Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST): The Quest for a New Diagnostic Instrument. American Journal of Psychiatry, 3:176-181, 1971.

Selzer, M.L., Vinokur, A., and van Rooijen, L., Self-Administered Short Version of the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (SMAST). Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 36:117-126, 1975