Resource Tag: MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY

The purpose of the study was to define, by means of psychological tests, certain personality traits of suicidal patients, & to determine if there are differences between suicidal subgroups. 96 male hospital patients were separated into serious attempt, non-serious, & control groups. Significant differences were found between suicidals & controls, the former exhibiting more disturbed […]

This study compares abused wives with non-battered women in an inpatient psychiatric unit & analyzes the differences between the 2 groups. Results suggest that battered women can be distinguished from their controls on several dimensions. Although there was a significant difference relative to suicide attempts, findings were diminished by evidence that age rather than abuse […]

A controlled study of 100 suicidal individuals (50 males, 50 females, mean age 21.5), a like number of people without psychiatric anamnesis, & a verified group of 35 males & 35 females, all tested with the MMAI, revealed certain profile characteristics. In the male suicidal group, 4 clusters that can be divided into 8 subroups […]

A Canadian psychiatrist challenges the assumption that suicide & depression are inextricably linked. Dr. Michael Sendbuehler & his associates have found that the MMPI is a potent instrument in isolating those who are likely to make a serious attempt. High masculinity/femininity scores are highly indicative of suicide risk. (NBB)

All male patients who had cut their wrists & been admitted to the Bethesda Navel Hospital, Maryland, between Oct. 1971 & May 1972 were interviewed (N=10). All were under 23 years of age. The group was divided into coarse cutters & delicate cutters. All 8 coarse cutters were suicidal & had made serious attempts & […]

41 male skydivers from the southeastern United States, with a mean of 531 sport-parachute jumps were administered a series of questionnaires. Data indiated that skydivers are of superior verbal intelligence, with a mean IQ of 122, and that they are more free from anxiety, phobia, & depression; open & lacking in defensiveness; socially deviant & […]

This study assesses the feasibility of traditional tests-the Rorschach, MMPI & SCT- in discriminating suicidal patients. From those who were depressed. A sample of 40 attempters ( 20 males, 20 females) were matched with a like number of male & female depressives, according to sex & age. The groups were compared on the basis of […]

The role of depression in alcoholic suicide was investigated in a sample of 330 chronic alcoholics. 41% had distinct suicidal tendencies & 15% of those had made at least one serious attempt. Depression was measured by the MADRS & the MMPI. Depressive disorders appeared more often in alcoholics with suicidal behavior than the non-suicidals. 1/3 […]

MMPI scores on the Depression & Ego Strength scales for a random sample of 30 17-59 year old Ute suicidal outpatients were correlated with the number of suicide attempts & the number of attempts made while drinking alcohol. Raw scores on the Ego Strength scale were significantly correlated with the number of suicide attempts. All […]

Self ratings of alienation that used Halleck’s criteria on an ASI correlated significantly with independent ratings of suicidality & history of drug use for 88 psychiatric inpatients. The drug use factor accompanied elevated MMPI scales psychopatic deviate & hypomania. High suicidality was associated with longer hospitalization & ill defined self concept. Alienation emerged in clearly […]

A suicide completion group was compared to a psychiatric control sample on the 13 traditional MMPI scales, 3 experimental item pools, & 8 profile patterns earlier described as indicative of suicidal tendencies (N=84). The frequencies with which the groups endorsed each of the 566 MMPI items were also compared. The number of resulting significant differences […]

Hysterical seizure disorders are studied in terms of their behavioral manifestation & their relationship to personality structure in this double-blind study. Those with organic seizures alone (n=11), organic & psychogenic (hysterical) seizures (n=13) & those with pure psychogenic seizures were assessed clinically & by SADS-L, psychiatric history, the WAIS, Bender-Gestalt, MMPI, & the Rorschach. Significant […]

Compared the efficiency & utility of the 2 analytical approaches for distinguishing groups of Ss. 4 groups of males served as Ss: 143 nonsuicidal neuropsychiatric controls (NPC), 153 threatened suicides (TS), 73 attempted suicides (AS), & 83 Ss who sometimes threatened & sometimes attempted suicide (TS/AS). A discriminant MMPI analysis shows that MMPI items better […]

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the MMPI as a screening device in determing those at riskfor suicidal gestures. Subjects were 40 military personnel who had made an unsuccessful attempt. Controls were drawns from 2 non-psychriatric groups (581) & a group of psychiatric hospital patients (538). Use of the MMPI […]

In this study, the MMPI profiles of the depressed non-suicidal patients. The aim was to substantiate that some elements of the depressive constellation more highly correlate with lethality, which could explain why not all depressed patients are suicidal.

Studies were reviewed in which childhood loss of a parent were related to adult depression & to attempted or completed suicide. Data on 1,000 patients admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit indicate significant associations between childhood parental loss & decade of birth. After data were adjusted for decade of birth & sex, there were minimal […]

The clinical profiles of five male groups are compared: transexuals who live as females, those who live as males, homosexual patients, homosexual controls & heterosexual controls. Discusses the differences amongst each group in the areas of age, education, intelligence, family history, marital status, drug & alcohol abuse, & criminal & aexual history. Personalities are compared […]

None of the eleven MMPI scales satisfactorily differentiates suicidal patients in an adequate manner. One study or another has found that most of the scales differentiate suicidal patients from others under some conditions. The authors argue for the use of the MMPI to identify suicidal episodes, the anxiety laden, panic filled period which precedes many […]

12 hospitalized military men with a primary diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, & without affective illness, were examined for histories of aggression & suicide, & for CSF levels of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), a serotonin metabolite. Histories of aggressive behaviours & of suicide attempts were significantly associated with each other, & with lower 5-HIAA levels. Also, […]

Considers attempted suicide along psychological, psychiatric & epidimiological lines. Classified 221 cases according to 1 of 3 groups-serious, ambivalent & gesture-based on components of the presuicidal state: aim, motivation, communication, etc. Epidemiological characteristics of the 3 groups were considered. Actuarial profiles of the MMPI were used to assess the type of suicide attempt & risk. […]

Multivariate procedures were used to determine whether psychiatric patients who had made a suicide attempt immediately prior to hospitalization (n=161) could be differentiated from nonsuicidal psychiatric patients (n=161). Multivariate analysis of variance & cluster analysis failed to identify differences in the MMPI data of suicidal & nonsuicidal patients. In contrast, discriminant analysis produced a modest […]