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The Brief MAST: A Shortened Version of the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test

ALEX D. POKORNY, BYRON A. MILLER, and HOWARD B. KAPLANAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 129, Number 3

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.3.342

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The authors report an abbreviated version of the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST). They hypothesized, on the basis of previously published data, that scores based on ten of the questions of the MAST would be as effective in discriminating between alcoholics and nonalcoholics as scores based on all 25 questions. The responses of 60 alcoholic and 62 nonalcoholic psychiatric patients supported their hypothesis.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 129 • Number 3 • September 1972

Pages: 342 - 345

PubMed: 5053717

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Published in print: September 1972

Published online: 1 April 2006

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ALEX D. POKORNY

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BYRON A. MILLER

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HOWARD B. KAPLAN

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Chief, Psychiatry and Neurology Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Houston and Professor of Psychiatry and Acting Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex. 77025

Assistant Professor of Social Work, Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex. 77025

Professor of Sociology, Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex. 77025

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The Brief MAST: A Shortened Version of the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test

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