MMPI) was used to examine the psychological adjustment of 98 patients who had had cerebrovascular accidents (strokes) within 2.5 years of testing (M= 5.2 months). Depression and somatization were prevalent in their profiles (mean code type: 2 f), with greater depression in patients who had right hemisphere damage. However, when a 21 -item correction index (Gass, in press) was applied to remove response variance due to bona fide stroke symptoms, the results indicated a significant reduction in scores that suggested somatization and hysterical features (Scales 1 and 3). The effects of age, education, time poststroke, and degree of neuropsychological impairment also were investigated. In addition, the usefulnessof a correction index for scoring the MMPI profiles of stroke patients is discussed.Cerebrovascular accident (CVA), or stroke, is the most common neurological disorder of adult life, accounting for over 85,000 fatalities and 1 million new disabilities annually (Adams & Victor, 1989). Among the various complications following stroke, emotional disturbance and mood disorders, in particular, have been subjects of recent investigation. Poststroke depression has been investigated in a series of studies of longitudinal data by Robinson, Parikh, and colleagues (e.g., Parikh,