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MAST
DO
YOU HAVE A DRINKING PROBLEM
1. Do you feel you are a normal drinker?
("normal" - drink as much as or less than most other people)
Yes__ No__
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?
Yes__ No__
3. Does any near relative or close friend
ever worry or complain about your drinking?
Yes__ No__
4. Can you stop drinking without
difficulty after one or two drinks?
Yes__ No__
5. Do you ever feel guilty about your
drinking?
Yes__ No__
6. Have you ever attended a meeting of
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)?
Yes__ No__
7. Have you ever gotten into physical
fights when drinking?
Yes__ No__
8. Haas drinking ever created problems
between you and a near relative or close friend?
Yes__ No__
9. Has any family friend gone to anyone
for help about your drinking?
Yes__ No__
10. Have you ever lost friends because of
drinking?
Yes__ No__
11. Have you ever gotten into trouble at
work because of drinking?
Yes__ No__
12. Have you ever lost a
job because of drinking?
Yes__ No__
13. Have you ever
neglected your obligations, your family, or your work for two or more
days in a row because you were drinking?
Yes__ No__
14. Do you drink before
noon fairly often?
Yes__ No__
15. Have you ever been
told you have liver trouble such as cirrhosis?
Yes__ No__
16. After heavy drinking
have you ever had delirium tremens (D.T.'s), severe shaking, visual or
auditory (hearing) hallucinations?
Yes__ No__
17. Have you ever gone to
anyone for help about your drinking?
Yes__ No__
18. Have you ever been
hospitalized because of drinking?
Yes__ No__
19. Has your drinking ever
resulted in your being hospitalized in a psychiatric ward?
Yes__ No__
20. Have you ever gone to
any doctor, social worker, clergyman or mental health clinic for help
with any emotional problem in which drinking was part of the problem?
Yes__ No__
21. Have you been arrested
more than once for driving under the influence of alcohol?
Yes__ No__
22. Have you ever been
arrested, even for a few hours because of other behavior while drinking?
Yes__ No__
Please score one point if
you answered the following :
1. No
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. No
5. Yes
6. Yes
7 through 22 : Yes
Add up your scores and
compare to the following score card :
0-2 : No apparent problem
3-5 : Early or middle
problem drinker
6 or more : Problem
drinker
(Source : The MAST (Michigan
Alcoholism Screening Test) is one of the most widely used measures for
assessing alcohol abuse. The measure is designed to provide a rapid and
effective screening for lifetime alcohol-related problems and
alcoholism. The MAST has been productively used in variety of settings
with varied populations.)
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