title: Korsakoff's syndrome on the MMPI-2.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This article describes an exploratory study of MMPI-2 administration to 20 patients with Korsakoff's disease, all admitted to the Korsakoff unit of a major psychiatric hospital in the Netherlands.
  
  
  METHODS
  We compared their MMPI-2 basic profiles with those of an inpatient alcohol-dependent non-Korsakoff group. Attention was also given to content scales and some selected supplementary scales. Furthermore, we explored the differences between MMPI-2 profiles of Korsakoff patients with and without insight into oneself and one's disease.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Compared with both the Dutch norms and the scale means of the non-Korsakoff alcoholics, Korsakoff patients showed an extraordinary flat profile. Illness insight appeared to be related to the levels of the various scales.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results show the potential usefulness of the MMPI-2 in the differential diagnosis of chronic alcoholism and Korsakoff's disease.
authors.affiliation: 1University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jos I M
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Egger
authors.affiliation: 2Vincent van Gogh Institute for Psychiatry, Venray, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Arie J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Wester
authors.affiliation: 1University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Hubert R A
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: De Mey
authors.affiliation: 1University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jan J L
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Derksen