Journal article
MMPI-2 Based Subgroups of Veterans with Combat-related PTSD
David Forbes, Mark Creamer, Nicholas Allen, Peter Elliott, Tony McHugh, Paul Debenham, Malcolm Hopwood
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) | Published : 2003
Abstract
Considerable research has focused on the use of the MMPI to assess posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) through identification of mean profile configurations and the development of PTSD subscales. Little work, however, has addressed the heterogeneity of profiles evident in PTSD populations. This study investigated the MMPI-2 profiles of 158 Australian treatment-seeking Vietnam veterans with combat-related PTSD to identify distinct subgroups. Three robust subgroups were identified on the basis of their MMPI-2 profile and compared on PTSD and associated symptomatology. These subgroups consisted of a mild PTSD group with subclinical personality pathology, and two severe PTSD groups that differe..
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