Psychiatric inpatients and the MMPI-2: Providing benchmarks

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 747-756

  Stukenberg, Karl ^a   Brady, Charles ^b   Klinetob, Nadya ^b  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Inpatient; MMPI; MMPI 2; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PATIENT CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BENCHMARKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; PATIENT ADMISSION; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0034037863     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(200006)56:6<747::AID-JCLP5>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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