Accuracy of MMPI-A scales ACK, MAC-R, and PRO in detecting comorbid substance abuse among psychiatric inpatients.
This study investigated the accuracy of various indices involving the MMPI-A scales, ACK, MAC-R, and PRO in diagnosing substance abuse in a sample of 79 psychiatric inpatients. In the full sample, 89.9% of the cases were accurately classified by at least one of the three scales. The overall accuracy of classification was similar among males, females, Caucasians, and African Americans, although there was a tendency for more false positive misclassifications among males. Profile code type moderated the accuracy of classification with greatest accuracy for code types including Scales 1, 2, 3, 5, or 0 and least accuracy for code types including Scales 4, 6, or 9. ACK, MAC-R, and PRO were better at screening out cases of substance abuse than in accurately identifying those adolescents who were using substances.
Micucci
Joseph A
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Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA 19118, USA.
D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D017831:Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry); D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI / Q000592:standards*; D008297:Male; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011594:Psychometrics; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012737:Sex Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D044465:White People
D011619:Psychotropic Drugs