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Assessment of schizophrenic inpatients with the MCMI
Author(s) -
Jackson John L.,
Greenblatt Richard L.,
Davis William E.,
Murphy Thomas J.,
Trimakas Kestutis
Publication year - 1991
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 - 10.1002/1097-4679(199107)47:4<505::aid-jclp2270470406>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - millon clinical multiaxial inventory , psychology , clinical psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychiatry , personality , personality disorders , social psychology
The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI) Psychotic Thinking scale previously was found insensitive in the detection of schizophrenia. The MCMI also was shown to be susceptible to undetected “faking good.” We hypothesized that the insensitivity of the MCMI Psychotic Thinking scale was due to an unwillingness of schizophrenic patients to report psychotic symptoms. The MCMI was administered to 258 male schizophrenic inpatients who were classified as symptom‐reporters or nonreporters based upon whether they endorsed psychotic symptoms on a separate problem checklist. Willingness to report psychotic symptoms was a significant factor in MCMI Psychotic Thinking scale scores as well as many other MCMI scales.