Psychology The Program Resources Assessment Documents MAST Michigan Alcohol Screening Test (MAST) This test is nationally recognized by alcoholism and drug dependence professionals. You may substitute the word "drug use" in place of "drinking". Please feel free to take this test or photocopy it and pass it along. Input is welcome at the The Valencia Recovery Center and Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital if you have any questions about this test or other self-evaluation tools: (888) 383-8111 or (661) 253-8756. This instrument is not to be used on the ACE Unit and is to be used only for practice as part of the clinical psychiatry course. Others using this test may wish to contact the telephone numbers above for further information. 1. Do you feel you are a normal drinker? ("Normal" - drink as much or less than most other people). Yes No DNA 2. Have you ever awakened the morning after some drinking the night before and found that you could not remember part of the evening? Yes No DNA 3. Does any relative or close friend every worry or complain about your drinking? Yes No DNA 4. Can you stop drinking without difficulty after one or two drinks? Yes No DNA 5. Do you ever feel guilty about your drinking? Yes No DNA 6. Have you ever attended a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)? Yes No DNA 7. Have you ever gotten into physical fights when drinking? Yes No DNA 8. Has drinking ever created problems between you and a near relative or close friend? Yes No DNA 9. Has any family member or close friend gone to anyone for help about your drinking? Yes No DNA 10. Have you ever lost friends because of drinking? Yes No DNA 11. Have you ever gotten into trouble at work because of drinking? Yes No DNA 12. Have you ever lost a job because of drinking? Yes No DNA 13. Have you ever neglected your obligations, your family, or your work for more than two days in a row because you were drinking? Yes No DNA 14. Do you drink before noon fairly often? Yes No DNA 15. Have you ever been told you have liver trouble such as cirrhosis? Yes No DNA 16. After heavy drinking have you ever had delirium tremens (D.T.'s), severe shaking, visual or auditory (hearing) hallucinations? Yes No DNA 17. Have you ever gone to anyone for help about your drinking? Yes No DNA 18. Have you ever been hospitalized because of your drinking? Yes No DNA 19. Has your drinking ever resulted in your being hospitalized in a psychiatric ward? Yes No DNA 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 DNA 21. Have you ever been arrested more than once for driving under the influence of alcohol? Yes No DNA 22. Have you ever been arrested, even for a few hours because of behavior while drinking? Yes No DNA (If yes, how many times:) Health Care Professional Giving the Questions: First and Last Names Patients Initials: Date Exam Given: Scoring for the MAST testPlease score one point if you answered the following ways:1. No 2. Yes 3. Yes 4. No 5. Yes 6.Yes 7-22. Yes Total Score: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Select a choice 0-2 No apparent problem 3-5 Early or middle problem drinker 6 or more Problem Drinker Submit Jeff Baker, PhD Course Coordinator (409) 772-9576