title: Use of the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test in a prison hospital.
abstract: The Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) was administered to 214 admissions to a maximum security ward of a prison hospital. Over 70.7% of the patients had scores greater than 5 and 57.8% had scores greater than 10, indicating that they engaged in problem drinking or alcohol misuse before admission. Older patients had higher scores, and a small number of patients with no criminal involvement had lower scores.
mesh_terms: D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000523:psychology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008404:Massachusetts; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology