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MMPI and Clinical Scales Compared

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

F. G. Stephens  and
M. Valentine
F. G. Stephens
Affiliation:
Glenside Hospital, Bristol BS16 1DD
M. Valentine
Affiliation:
Glenside Hospital, Bristol BS16 1DD
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The aim of the investigation was to compare rating scales for syndromes as given by a psychological test, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), with those derived from a standardized psychiatric history (CAPRICE System). The first is dependent on information supplied directly by the patient, who answers a check-list; the second is based on a psychiatric interview and the completing of a codified case-history. The computerized form of the MMPI was employed (Fowler and Miller, 1969), and the scales selected were those corresponding with manifest anxiety (At scale); depression (D scale); phobias, obsessions and compulsions (Pt scale); and schizophrenia (Sc scale). The nearly corresponding scales derived from the CAPRICE System (Valentine, 1973) are the scales for Anxiety, Depression, Obsessional-Compulsive Disorder, and Psychosis.

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 125 , Issue 584 , July 1974 , pp. 42 - 43
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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References

Fowler, R. D. Jr., and Miller, M. L. (1969). ‘Computer interpretation of the MMPI: its use in clinical practice.’ Arch. gen. Psychiat., 21, 502–508.Google Scholar
Valentine, M. (1973). ‘Codification and automation of psychiatric data: the CAPRICE system.’ Brit. J. Psychiat., 123, 471–4.Google Scholar
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