Personality Characteristics of Viet Nam veterans identified as heroin abusers.
The author presents data on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) characteristics of a sample of enlisted Army men returning from Viet Nam identified as heroin abusers. Although a marked heterogeneity of MMPI profile types was found, a significant percentage of the subjects showed indications of marked psychopathology, and only a minority performed within normal limits on the MMPI. Theses military subjects showed neither greater nor less psychopathology and sociopathology than previously reported samples of civilian addicts.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000145:classification; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D008890:Military Psychiatry; D010551:Personality; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States; D014744:Vietnam; D014857:Warfare