Clinical utility of the MMPI in the evaluation of adolescent suicide attempters.
MMPI profiles of female adolescents hospitalized on a general pediatrics floor following a suicide attempt were compared to a control group of medically hospitalized, female adolescents referred for psychiatric evaluation. The suicide attempters had only a lower score on the K scale when compared to the control group. Results do not suggest that a single MMPI profile differentiates suicide attempters from a comparison group of adolescents with emotional difficulties. Implications of these findings are discussed.
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Department of Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University Program in Medicine.
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Myers
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Bechtel
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D000293:Adolescent; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D011594:Psychometrics; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*