Citation

Spirito A, Faust D, Myers B, Bechtel D. J. Pers. Assess. 1988; 52(2): 204-211.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University Program in Medicine.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Society for Personality Assessment, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3404386

Abstract

MMPI profiles of female adolescents hospitalized on a general pediatrics floor following a suicide attempt were compared to a control group of medically hospitalized, female adolescents referred for psychiatric evaluation. The suicide attempters had only a lower score on the K scale when compared to the control group. Results do not suggest that a single MMPI profile differentiates suicide attempters from a comparison group of adolescents with emotional difficulties. Implications of these findings are discussed.

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