Did you have to take the MMPI2 and what were your results?
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The results are meaningless to me but the write up stated my profile was valid and among psychiatric patients diagnosis of schizophrenia or paranoid disorder are most frequent and past hospitalizations are common. Not sure how they unjumble all of those numbers to come up with that.
Nobody else has taken the MMPI, I have taken that like three times. What about the ink blot test?
I had a full neuropsych five hour workup at age 23 with one cigarette break which put me for the record age wise six months behind my age group, and with an attention deficit disorder. This included an IQ test which compared to my childhood results which got me clear into a private acedamy had significantly devolved.
But no, I’ve never had to take an MMP12…what country are you from? I was recently asked and given two minutes to sign a four page “treatment plan” with too many innacuracies and untrue statements/too much information in the alotted time that I refused to sign it. New to the community mental health center thing.
I am in the US. I had a full day of neurological testing too but I don’t know if there was a name for it. It seemed like an iq test. Lots of math and English and there were trivia questions. I have read that the MMPI is the most widely used personality test in the world. Some employers use it to screen job applicants. It has over 500 questions.
I scored too high on the F scale for them to be willing to interpret my results. (I was 22). It’s actually a very useful instrument for weeding out mentally ill job applicants from high security positions, like say working certain jobs in nuclear power plants. There are actually very few questions that key towards schizophrenia:
“I am being followed.”
“I have enjoyed hurting someone I love.”
“I have enjoyed being hurt by someone I love.”
The last two for inappropriate affect, I presume. Maybe two, three, or four more. . . . . AND IT TURNS OUT I’M FULL OF CRAP. I just checked and there are 78 items that key towards schizophrenia.
This is true though. The test is interpreted by a human being who will look at a graph that shows your scores across different . . . .psychopathologies, essentially. Then, depending on the combination, they sometimes look at your responses to certain specific items to come up with an interpretation. It really isn’t horseshit.
Have never done an official one but there was a site(since take down) that allowed you to score yourself . I am sure @mortimermouse posted a thread a few years back.
My T scores over 60: depression 89 paranoia 86 psychathenia 85 schizophrenia 82 social introversion 85 subjective depression 93 psychomotor retardation 65 physical malfunction 83 mental dullness 101 brooding 85 lassitude-malaise 70 social alienation 78 and 80 self alienation 82 persecutory ideas 106 emotional alienation 78 lack of ego mastery,cognitive 84 Lack of Ego Mastery, Conative 87 Lack of Ego Mastery, Defective Inhibition 61 Bizarre Sensory Experiences 70 Ego Inflation 63 Shyness/Self-Consciousness 74 Social Avoidance 71 Self/Other Alienation 71 Anxiety 85 Fears 67 Obsessiveness 73 Depression 78 Health concerns 62 Bizarre mentation 67 Low self esteem 91 Social discomfort 81 Work interference 78 Negative treatment indicators 84 Anxiety 77 Repression 76 College Maladjustment 77 Depression, Obvious 97 Hysteria, Obvious 64 Paranoia, Obvious 89 Demoralization 79 Somatic Complaints 60 Demoralization 79 Ideas of Persecution 76 Dysfunctional Negative Emotions 70 Psychoticism 62 Negative Emotionality / Neuroticism 76 Introversion / Low Positive Emotionality 88 Generalized Fearfulness 62 Multiple Fears 67 Lack of Drive 84 Dysphoria 74 Self-Depreciation 83 Suicidal Ideation 62 Neurological Symtoms 60 General Health Concerns 64 Psychotic Symptomatology 64 Schizotypal Characteristics 67 Self-Doubt 90 Submissiveness 76 Introversion 73 Shyness 74 Low Motivation 95 Inability to Disclose 60
I guess it flags up anxiety/depression/introversion/paranoia/ some psychotic traits/ lack of drive and motivation amongst other things and that i’m not an easy person to treat…
75 or over
depression 89 paranoia 86 psychathenia 85 schizophrenia 82 social introversion 85 subjective depression 93 physical malfunction 83 mental dullness 101 brooding 85 social alienation 78 self alienation 82 persecutory ideas 106 emotional alienation 78 lack of ego mastery,cognitive 84 Lack of Ego Mastery, Conative 87 Anxiety 85 Low self esteem 91 Social discomfort 81 Work interference 78 Negative treatment indicators 84 Anxiety 77 Repression 76 Depression, Obvious 97 Paranoia, Obvious 89 Demoralization 79 Ideas of Persecution 76 Negative emotionality/neuroticism 76 Introversion / Low Positive Emotionality 88 Lack of Drive 84 Self-Depreciation 83 Self-Doubt 90 Submissiveness 76 Low Motivation 95
I took one while involuntarily admitted to a psych ward. Was told that I was faking my illness according to the results, but still wasn’t allowed to have my clothes back and go home. Psychiatrists apparently don’t trust the opinions of psychologists (sorry @mortimermouse).
Found another site that lets you do it for a small fee. Slightly different than previously mentioned in that previously 3 highest were depression,paranoia and psychathenia/social introversion
and now shows as depression,psychathenia and schizophrenia . The latest result is often seen as a schizotypal profile .
Basically for the top 5 main scales in no particular order it’s depression,paranoia.psychathenia(anxiety), schizophrenia and social introversion which fits me well
I wonder what the divorce rate is for psychiatrists that marry psychologists. They often seem to have very conflicting opinions.