Primary affective disorder: MMPI differences between unipolar and bipolar depressed subjects

Donnelly, Edward F.; Murphy, Dennis L.

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“…Of particular importance, our study did not confirm the well-known finding reported by DonnelAy and colleagues (Donnelly & Murphy, 1973;Donnelly et al, 1980) that ED patients produce normal test profiles with high MMPI K scores. In our study, BD patients did not exhibit a social desirability response set and were by no means normal.…”

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“…Both depressed groups experienced significant levels of depressive and anxiety symptoms. The finding of higher MMPI depression scores among UD patients confirms some previous studies (Donnelly & Murphy, 1973;DonnelIy et al, 1980). The fact that the MMPI does not have a current time reference means that UD patients may have greater depressive-like traits or past depressive experiences than the BD patients.…”

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“…The mean MMPI profile of UD patients is characterized by elevations on Depression, Psychasthenia, and Schizophrenia scales (Donnelly & Murphy, 1973;Donnelly, Murphy, & Goodwin, 1976;Winters, Newmark, Lumry, Leach, & Weintraub, 1985). The mean MMPI profile of BD patients is more varied (possibly because of sample selection; see Goodwin & Jamison, 1990), characterized in some studies as within the normal range with elevations on Psychopathic Deviate and ParaDownloaded by [New York University] at 03:42 07 February 2015 noia (Donnelly & Murphy, 1973;Donnelly et al, 1976) and in other studies characterized by significant elevations on Depression and Psychasthenia (Lumry, Gottesman, & Tuason, 1982;Winters et al, 1985). BD patients have significantly higher scores on Hypomania and K scales, and significantly lower scores on Depression and Psychasthenia (Donnelly & Murphy, 1973;Donnelly, Murphy, & Waldman, 1980).…”

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“…The mean MMPI profile of BD patients is more varied (possibly because of sample selection; see Goodwin & Jamison, 1990), characterized in some studies as within the normal range with elevations on Psychopathic Deviate and ParaDownloaded by [New York University] at 03:42 07 February 2015 noia (Donnelly & Murphy, 1973;Donnelly et al, 1976) and in other studies characterized by significant elevations on Depression and Psychasthenia (Lumry, Gottesman, & Tuason, 1982;Winters et al, 1985). BD patients have significantly higher scores on Hypomania and K scales, and significantly lower scores on Depression and Psychasthenia (Donnelly & Murphy, 1973;Donnelly, Murphy, & Waldman, 1980). This is consistent with the finding that during a manic state, these patients have clinically significant elevations on the Hypomania scale (see Wetzler & Marlowe, 1993, for a summary of studies).…”

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The Psychological Assessment of Depression: Unipolars Versus Bipolars

Wetzler

Khadivi

Oppenheim

1995

Journal of Personality Assessment

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Psychological test differences between unipolar (UD) and bipolar (BD) depressed inpatients were examined using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI, Hathaway and McKinley, 1943; MMPI-2, Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989), Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI, Millon, 1983; MCMI-II, Millon 1987), and Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90-R, Derogatis, 1983). One hundred fifty-eight UD patients and 26 BD patients took these self-report tests at the beginning of their hospitalization. Results indicate that there were few consistent findings across the three tests (or versions of tests). Contrary to some previous studies, the BD patients did not exhibit a "social desirability" response set, nor did they produce "normal" test profiles. Although the tests were not able to identify depressed patients with past manic episodes, BD patients were more narcissistic, driven, and willing to engage in antisocial practices than were UD patients. These findings are discussed in terms of the clinical similarities between UD and BD patients during a depressive episode as well as the limitations of cross-sectional self-report measures to evaluate historical information regarding course of illness.

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The Psychological Assessment of Depression: Unipolars Versus Bipolars

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Khadivi

Oppenheim

1995

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“…There is evidence, albeit indirect, that personality assessment procedures, like the MMPI, may be helpful in making these type determinations. In examining the MMPI results of patients with different major affective disorder diagnoses, Donnelly and Murphy (1973) and Donnelly, Murphy, and Goodwin (1976) found more highly elevated MMPI profiles in unipolar, as opposed to bipolar, patients. In fact, many of the bipolar patients scored within "normal limits" on the majority of MMPI scales.…”

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Differentiating Between Schizophrenic and Manic Inpatients by Means of the MMPI

Walters

Greene²

1988

Journal of Personality Assessment

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Forty-five psychiatric inpatients with DSM-III diagnoses of schizophrenia and 31 inpatients with DSM-III diagnoses of bipolar disorder (and currently manic) were compared on the MMPI. Results indicated that although the schizophrenic patients achieved significantly higher scores on several of the MMPI scales (F, Pt, Sc, Si), these findings were of questionable clinical significance. On the other hand, the schizophrenic group did produce a significantly greater percentage of MMPI high-point pairs containing Scale 8(Sc): that is, 64.4% versus 35.5%.

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