Differentiating psychotic patients from nonpsychotic patients with the MMPI-2 and Rorschach

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-101

  Dao, Tam K ^a   Prevatt, Frances ^a   Horne, Heather Leveta ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE; RORSCHACH PERCEPTUAL THINKING INDEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38949160334     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890701693819     Document Type: Article

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