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| The Short Michigan Alcohol Screening Test (SMAST) The Short Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (SMAST) is aimed at identifying individuals with drinking problems and is one of the two standard tests that doctors and counselors use to determine if an individual is an addict. |
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The other test, the Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST),
is designed to include all forms of chemical dependency. Reprinted with permission from the Journal of Studies on Alcohol (1975) 36:124. Copyright by Journal of Studies on Alcohol Inc., Rutgers Center for Alcohol Studies, Piscataway, N.J. 08855 Answer YES or NO to the following questions: YES NO Is your drinking a problem for you? (By problem we mean do you drink more than other people.) Does your wife, husband, a parent, or other near relative ever worry or complain about your drinking? Do you ever feel guilty about your drinking? Do friends or relatives think you have a drinking problem? Are you unable to stop drinking when you want to? Have you ever attended a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)? Has your drinking ever created problems between you and your wife, husband, a parent or other near relative? Have you ever gotten into trouble at work because of your drinking? Have you ever neglected your obligations, your family, or your work for two or more days in a row because you were drinking? Have you ever gone to anyone for help about your drinking? Have you ever been in a hospital because of drinking? Have you ever been arrested for drunken driving, driving while intoxicated, or driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages? Have you ever been arrested, even for a few hours, because of other drunken behavior? We use the Seltzer methods for scoring the Short Michigan Alcohol Screening Test. The Seltzer Method uses one point for each questions answered YES except for questions six, 10 and 11, which are three points for each YES answer. A score of one or less points indicates "Not-Alcoholic." A score of two points indicates "Possibly Alcoholic." A score of three points or more indicates "Alcoholic." The SMAST is only one method of identifying a potential Alcoholism Problem. Regardless of your scores, please contact us if you have any questions or concerns. |
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