Assessing depression in Russian psychiatric patients: Validity of MMPI and Rorschach

Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 373-389

  Ritsher, Jennifer Boyd ^b   Slivko Kolchik, Elena B ^a   Oleichik, Igor V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural psychology; Depression; Hamilton; MMPI; Psychological test validity; Rorschach; Russia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CULTURE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MMPI; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RORSCHACH TEST; RUSSIA;

EID: 0035751369     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107319110100800403     Document Type: Article

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