The Millon Behavioral Medicine Diagnostic (MBMD) Is a Valid, Reliable, and Relevant Choice for Bariatric Surgery Candidates

Can Preoperative Psychological Assessment Predict Outcomes After Temporomandibular Joint Arthroscopy?

“…13 Several psychological questionnaires, including the Millon Behavioral Medicine Diagnostic (MBMD) survey, have been used successfully to predict responses to medical treatments, including surgery in patients with congestive heart failure, morbid obesity (bariatric surgery), cancer, human immune virus (human immunodeficiency virus), and facial pain. [14][15][16][17][18] The MBMD survey is available as a norm-referenced and pain-referenced instrument consisting of 165 true-or-false questions that yield 5 broad categories of clinical scales: psychiatric diagnoses, coping styles, stress moderators, treatment prognostics, and management guides. Within these 5 categories are 29 additional scales.…”

Psychosocial Evaluation, Preparation, and Follow-Up for Bariatric Surgery Patients

“…25 Social desirability can influence psychosocial assessment; therefore, measures with validity scales to detect for impression management that have been validated with bariatric surgery samples such as the MMPI-2 and MBMD can be helpful. [25][26][27][28] These inventories can provide insight into underlying psychopathology, potential characterological issues, compliance, and ability to develop a secure support system, all of which are areas that could affect the outcome of a bariatric surgical procedure. More specifically, the Restructured Clinical Scales of the MMPI-2, when used with bariatric surgery candidates, have been found to correlate with life dissatisfaction, judgment, insight, life satisfaction, behavioral impulsivity, adherence, and potential for substance abuse.…”