Identification of Suicidal Episodes with the MMPI

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ID13667461
AuthorsCharles G Watson (0009-0002-8391-6585, Veterans Administration Medical Center, St. Cloud, Minnesota, corresponding author), William G Klett (Veterans Administration Medical Center, St. Cloud, Minnesota), Carol Walters (Veterans Administration Medical Center, St. Cloud, Minnesota), Phillip R Laughlin (Veterans Administration Medical Center, Knoxville, Iowa)
Year1983
Volume53
Issue3
Pages919-922
Publication date1983-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1983.53.3.919
PMID6657842
OpenAlexW1968354617
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited10

Previous research has not identified MMPI scales, patterns or item sets capable of separating eventual suicide committers from non-committers. Looking for MMPI scales associated with a short-term suicide state, we compared the scores of people who had committed suicide soon after taking the inventory with those of people who killed themselves more than three months later. The Suicide Episode group showed a significantly higher mean score than the Remote Suicide sample on Paranoia, and near-significant differences appeared on six other scales. These results suggest that it may be possible to identify a suicide state with the MMPI, but further research should precede clinical application of these findings

Identification (biology · Medical emergency · Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory · Paranoia · Personality · Poison control · Psychiatry · Suicide attempt · Suicide prevention · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments · Social Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies · Traumatic Brain Injury Research

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