Assessing alcoholics with the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory: A review.

This study explored the effect of defensive (i. e., fake-good) responding by substance-abusing patients on the scale scores of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI-II; Millon, 1987). Patients asked to respond honestly (N = 62) had significantly higher scores on most of the scales than patients who were instructed to respond defensively (N = 62) and forensic subjects suspected of abusing psychoactive substances (N = 54). Significantly fewer subjects in the defensive responding simulation and the forensic group had elevated the Drug Dependence and Alcohol Dependence scales compared to the honestly responding patients. These results indicate that most drug-abusing individuals can conceal the presence of a substance-related disorder, as reflected by scale scores on the MCMI-II, if motivated to do so.

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MCMI-III-Derived Typological Analysis of Cocaine and Heroin Addicts

Craig¹,

Bivens²,

Olson³

1997

Journal of Personality Assessment

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A sample of 441 African American men who were either inpatient heroin or cocaine addicts, or both; were assessed with the MCMI-III. The modal codetype showed primary elevations on the Antisocial Personality Disorder Scale (6A), consistent with previous research using the MCMI-I and MCMI-II with substance abusers. The data were subjected to 3 independent clustering procedures that resulted in general consistency among procedures. The solutions were validated on a randomly selected half of the sample. Three subtypes were variants of the antisocial parent codetype, whereas another subtype was characterized by a Within Normal Limits profile suggesting no personality disorder. These 4 subtypes were also associated with different external correlates with significant clinical import. The results suggest that findings from previous research with substance-abusing patients, using the MCMI-I and MCMI-II, should be applicable to the MCMI-III as well.

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Assessing alcoholics with the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory: A review.

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Overview and Current Status of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory

The Effect of Defensive Responding by Substance-Abusing Patients on the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory

MCMI-III-Derived Typological Analysis of Cocaine and Heroin Addicts

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