Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test to Diagnose Early Alcoholism in a General Practice

Powers, James M.; Spickard, Anderson

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“…The Michigan Alcohol Screening Test (MAST) is a formal, reliable, 25‐item interview concerning alcohol‐related behavior, that has been significantly associated with corollary measures of lifetime drinking 36–38 . Many of its items evaluate complications of alcoholism and the patient's perceptions about his or her drinking.…”

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The Relationship Between Parental History and Substance Use Severity in Drug Treatment Patients

et al. 1999

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The authors explored the relationship between the history of parental problematic alcohol and drug use and their adult children's alcohol and drug use disorders. Subjects were 347 admissions to an outpatient substance abuse program. There was a positive relationship between the number of parents affected by alcohol and/or drug problems and the percentage of probands with co-existing alcohol and drug use disorders for probands with alcohol use disorders but not for those with only drug abuse. Probands with two affected parents had significantly higher alcohol abuse scores and drug, family, and psychiatric composite test scores than those with a negative family history. This preliminary study indicates that the severity of a proband's substance use disorder may be influenced by parental substance use history.

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The Relationship Between Parental History and Substance Use Severity in Drug Treatment Patients

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“…Inquiring into use of alcohol begins with an open‐ended question, which then becomes more focused with the use of the CAGE questions. The CAGE is simpler to use than the longer Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) 24 . Additionally, the CAGE questions are easily incorporated into an interview and are nonthreatening in nature.…”

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“…The CAGE is simpler to use than the longer Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) . 24 Additionally, the CAGE questions are easily incorporated into an interview and are nonthreatening in nature.…”

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Substance Abuse in Older People

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2000

J American Geriatrics Society

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This review presents current information on substance abuse in older people, highlighting recent studies on epidemiology, screening techniques, brief intervention, and treatment issues. Studies show that substance abuse in older people is common, but frequently goes undiagnosed. Although alcohol abuse is most common, abuse of narcotic and sedative drugs also occurs. Older adults are particularly susceptible to adverse medical outcomes from substance abuse, and recent studies show that brief interventions by primary care providers can have a major impact on preventing medical morbidity and improving quality of life. Effective treatment modalities for substance abuse in older people exist and should be individualized to optimize success. J Am Geriatr Soc 48:985–995, 2000.

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“…The SMAST is a 13‐item true–false scale that was designed to assess alcoholism through subjects' self‐reports of drinking behaviors and the consequences of such behaviors (e.g., “Are you able to stop drinking when you want to?”“Has your drinking ever created problems between you and your partner, a parent, or other near relative?” Have you ever neglected your obligations, your family, or your work for two or more days in a row because you were drinking?). The SMAST is a shortened version of the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST; Selzer, 1971), and both have been widely used as research and diagnostic tools (Powers & Spickard, 1984). The MAST has been found to accurately identify alcoholics in a variety of populations, including alcoholics in treatment, medical patients not receiving treatment for alcoholism, and a variety of control groups (Connors & Tarbox, 1985; Selzer).…”

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“…Have you ever neglected your obligations, your family, or your work for two or more days in a row because you were drinking?). The SMAST is a shortened version of the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST; Selzer, 1971), and both have been widely used as research and diagnostic tools (Powers & Spickard, 1984). The MAST has been found to accurately identify alcoholics in a variety of populations, including alcoholics in treatment, medical patients not receiving treatment for alcoholism, and a variety of control groups (Connors & Tarbox, 1985;Selzer).…”

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Assortative Mating Among Adult Children of Alcoholics and Alcoholics^*

Olmsted¹,

Crowell²,

Waters³

2003

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Relations between parental alcoholism, self-alcoholism, and partner-alcoholism were examined in a nonclinical, non-self-identified sample of 128 married and engaged young couples. Couples were recruited to participate in a longitudinal study of close relationships. They were assessed using three alcoholism questionnaires that included reports of parent-, partner-, and self-alcohol use. Participants were predominantly White and well educated. Cross-sectional analyses indicated that alcoholics tend to marry other alcoholics and that male adult children of alcoholics (ACOA) are more likely to be alcoholic than their female counterparts. The relation between parental alcoholism and partner's alcoholism was affected by self-alcoholism in male participants. There was a significant relation between ACOA status and marriage to alcoholics for women that was not affected by their own alcoholism.

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Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test to Diagnose Early Alcoholism in a General Practice

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The Relationship Between Parental History and Substance Use Severity in Drug Treatment Patients

The Relationship Between Parental History and Substance Use Severity in Drug Treatment Patients

Substance Abuse in Older People

Assortative Mating Among Adult Children of Alcoholics and Alcoholics^*

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The Relationship Between Parental History and Substance Use Severity in Drug Treatment Patients

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Substance Abuse in Older People

Assortative Mating Among Adult Children of Alcoholics and Alcoholics*

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