MMPI diagnosis of black psychiatric patients.
Black-white differences in MMPI norms may lead to significant misclassification of black psychiatric patients, which can compound diagnostic errors from other sources. The authors suggest that clinicians who use MMPI results in evaluations of black patients interpret test reports carefully, keeping in mind the possibility of spuriously elevated scores and paying careful attention to areas of potential "false positives."
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011599:Psychopathology; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis