Differential diagnosis of PTSD, schizophrenia, and depression with the MMPI-2

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 217-223

  Greenblatt, Richard L ^a   Davis, William E ^b  

^a HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; NEUROSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0032915650     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199902)55:2<217::AID-JCLP9>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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