MMPI profiles in anorexia nervosa patients with and without major depression

Joseph Biederman; Wendy Habelow; Timothy Rivinus; Jerold Harmatz; Justin Wise

doi:10.1016/0165-1781(86)90007-7

MMPI profiles in anorexia nervosa patients with and without major depression

Joseph Biederman
, Wendy Habelow
, Timothy Rivinus
, Jerold Harmatz
, Justin Wise

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Abstract

Anorexia nervosa patients with (AN-RDC+) and without (AN-RDC-) a current episode of nonbipolar major depression (MDD) differed with respect to their Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) profiles. Mean MMPI scores in AN-RDC+ significantly differed from AN-RDC- patients in all but two MMPI scales. AN-RDC+ patients had a significantly higher number of abnormal (T>70) MMPI scales per subject and significantly more subjects with ≥3 abnormal scales compared with AN-RDC- patients. These MMPI data suggest that the presence or absence of MDD in anorectic patients may distinguish meaningful subtypes and provide further support for the validity of the stratification of anorectic patients into those with and without nonbipolar MDD.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	147-154
Number of pages	8
Journal	Psychiatry Research
Volume	19
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1781(86)90007-7
State	Published - Oct 1986
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
adolescents
anorexia nervosa
depression

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