An MMPI sign to separate organic from functional psychiatric patients.
Evaluated the utilities of all 90 possible unweighted additive/subtractive two-scale MMPI combinations as indices to separate brain-damaged from functional patient groups in a Veterans Administration psychiatric hospital. One index, Hs-PT, showed more promise than any of the other 89. Hs-PT mean scores were significantly higher among organics than among alcoholics, neurotics, affective psychoses, character disorders, process schizophrenics or reactive schizophrenics. Interpretative information on the Hs-PT index was presented.
D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis; D012737:Sex Factors