The MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical Scales in the Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Comorbid Disorders

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 327-340

  Wolf, Erika J ^a,b   Miller, Mark W ^a,c   Orazem, Robert J ^a,b   Weierich, Mariann R ^a   Castillo, Diane T ^d   Milford, Jaime ^d   Kaloupek, Danny G ^a,c   Keane, Terence M ^a,c  

^a National Center for PTSD   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VA New Mexico Healthcare System

Author keywords

externalizing; internalizing; Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2; posttraumatic stress disorder; Restructured Clinical Scales

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; KEANE POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VALIDITY;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MMPI; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 57849141181     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012948     Document Type: Article

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