title: Clinical utility of the MMPI in the evaluation of adolescent suicide attempters.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University Program in Medicine.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spirito
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Faust
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bechtel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D011594:Psychometrics; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*