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Assessing PTSD with the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory‐III
Author(s) -
Craig Robert J.,
Olson Ronald
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199712)53:8<943::aid-jclp20>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - millon clinical multiaxial inventory , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , personality , personality disorders , social psychology
We studied the utility of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory‐III (MCMI‐III) in assessing substance‐abusing ( n = 228), combat‐related PTSD patients ( n = 32). The MCMI‐III produced a code type (16A) that was quite different from MCMI‐I and MCMI‐II code types (8A2) among similar populations. The PTSD Scale (R) successfully differentiated between a PTSD and non‐PTSD substance‐abusing group using mean Base Rate scores, was the best predictor of PTSD in a multiple regression equation, and the scale's sensitivity and specificity in detecting and/or ruling out the disorder was above that provided by chance alone and higher than the values reported in the test manual for that scale. The MCMI‐III may be used as a broad band screening instrument for PTSD, at least among patients with combat‐related stress. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Psychol 53: 943–952, 1997