THE MICHIGAN ALCOHOLISM SCREENING TEST: THE QUEST FOR A NEW DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENT

THE MICHIGAN ALCOHOLISM SCREENING TEST (MAST), DEVISED TO PROVIDE A CONSISTENT, QUANTIFIABLE, STRUCTURED INTERVIEW INSTUMENT TO DETECT ALCOHOLISM, CONSISTS OF 25 QUESTIONS THAT CAN BE RAPIDLY ADMINISTERED. FIVE GROUPS WERE GIVEN THE MAST: HOSPITALIZED ALCOHOLICS, A CONTROL GROUP, PERSONS CONVICTED OF DRUNK DRIVING, PERSONS CONVICTED OF DRUNK AND DISORDERLY BEHAVIOR, AND DRIVERS WHOSE LICENSES WERE UNDER REVIEW. THE VALIDITY OF THE MAST WAS ASSESSED BY SEARCHING THE RECORDS OF LEGAL, SOCIAL, AND MEDICAL AGENCIES AND REVIEWING THE SUBJECTS' DRIVING AND CRIMINAL RECORDS. THE MAST RESPONSES OF 15 SUBJECTS WHO WERE FOUND TO BE ALCOHOLIC IN THE RECORD SEARCH WERE ANALYZED TO DETERMINE WHERE THE SCREENING FAILURES HAD OCCURRED. RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE FOR REDUCING THE NUMBER OF SUCH "FALSE NEGATIVES." /SRIS/

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Psychiatric Association

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  Washington, DC  United States  20009
• Authors:
  • SELZER, M L
• Publication Date: 1971-6

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 89-94
• Serial:
  • American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Volume: 127
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: American Psychiatric Association
  • ISSN: 0002-953X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcoholism; Screenings; Testing; Validation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223923
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 17 1973 12:00AM