Use of the MMPI to distinguish genuine from factitious multiple personality disorder.
MMPI special scales were repeatedly administered to several personality states of a woman alleging to have Multiple Personality Disorder. Her inability to produce a consistent response set on retesting helped to unmask a case of factitious multiple personality.
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Indiana University School of Medicine.
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D009105:Dissociative Identity Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005162:Factitious Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results