title: Psychopathology and treatment outcome of drug dependent women in a perinatal program.
abstract: One hundred and five drug-dependent women in outpatient perinatal addiction treatment were classified by cluster analysis of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) profiles into high and low psychopathology (HP and LP) groups that differed on three validation measures. The HP group (n=29, 27.6%) had elevations on MMPI-2 Scales F, 2, 4, 6, 7, and 8, while the LP group (n=76, 72.4%) generated a normal range profile with elevations on Scales F and 4. Psychological outcomes differed by group. HP participants showed reduced alcohol, family, and psychiatric severity, and reduced depressive symptoms, while LP subjects showed reduced drug, self-debasing, and acting-out problems. Data suggest the need for lower intensity services for the majority of the perinatal drug dependent population with LP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Division of Addiction Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Box 980109, Richmond, VA 23298-0109, USA. kingerso@vcu.edu
authors.forename: Karen S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Ingersoll
authors.forename: Janet S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Knisely
authors.forename: Kathryn S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Dawson
authors.forename: Sidney H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Schnoll
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018743:Perinatal Care / Q000379:methods; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D016896:Treatment Outcome