title: Characteristics of DSM-III borderline MMPI profiles.
abstract: Examined the distinction between the MMPI mean profile (8-4-2) obtained for a sample of 27 psychiatric inpatients diagnosed as borderline on the basis of DSM-III criteria, and the actual frequency distribution of scale elevations and code-types within the sample. Results of this study support the findings of previous investigations of a peak on scale 8, but suggest that the heterogeneity of this population will probably preclude the specification of any two- or three-point code type which would be obtained by even a sizable minority of a given sample.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*