TY - JOUR
T1 - Diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder with the MMPI
T2 - PK scale scores in somatization disorder
AU - Wetzel, Richard D.
AU - Clayton, Paula J.
AU - Cloninger, C. Robert
AU - Brim, John
AU - Martin, Ronald L.
AU - Guze, Samuel B.
AU - Yutzy, Sean H.
AU - North, Carol
PY - 2000/10
Y1 - 2000/10
N2 - Clinic patients with diagnoses of either major depression or somatization disorder were given the MMPI. Women with somatization disorder had high scores on Keane's MMPI scale (PK) for posttraumatic stress disorder. Following the procedure for the MMPI-2 (46 of the 49 PK items and MMPI-2 norms), 59% of the women with somatization disorder and 21% of the women with major depression would have T scores ≥ 65 on the MMPI-2 scale although none of them were known to have developed psychiatric disorder after exposure to a life threatening event. The PK scale has little use in the differential diagnosis of women patients with somatization disorder.
AB - Clinic patients with diagnoses of either major depression or somatization disorder were given the MMPI. Women with somatization disorder had high scores on Keane's MMPI scale (PK) for posttraumatic stress disorder. Following the procedure for the MMPI-2 (46 of the 49 PK items and MMPI-2 norms), 59% of the women with somatization disorder and 21% of the women with major depression would have T scores ≥ 65 on the MMPI-2 scale although none of them were known to have developed psychiatric disorder after exposure to a life threatening event. The PK scale has little use in the differential diagnosis of women patients with somatization disorder.
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U2 - 10.2466/pr0.2000.87.2.535
DO - 10.2466/pr0.2000.87.2.535
M3 - Article
C2 - 11086600
AN - SCOPUS:0034294942
SN - 0033-2941
VL - 87
SP - 535
EP - 541
JO - Psychological reports
JF - Psychological reports
IS - 2
ER -