Compared a suicide-completion group to a psychiatric control sample on the 13 traditional MMPI scales, three experimental item pools, and eight profile patterns earlier described as indicative of suicidal tendencies (N=84). The results argue against the use of the MMPI at this time to predict suicide. (JAC)

Compared scores of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients, psychiatric patients who did not meet PTSD criteria, and normals on the Keane et al PTSD scale and Penk Combat Scales for the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. Results confirmed the validities of the PTSO scale and, to a lesser degree, Penk Combat Intensity Scales as…

In a search for an adequate but efficient substitute, the authors have instituted three evaluations of the relationships between potential WAIS-substitutes and the WAIS itself. The present report describes the first of these researches-- a study of the relationships between the four group ability tests and the WAIS in a mental hospital setting.…