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Tricia Z King1, E B Fennell, R Bauer
1Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, 140 Decatur Street, Suit 1151-4L, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA. tricia_zawacki@brown.edu
Abstract:
MMPI-2 profiles of 93 presurgical intractable epilepsy patients were examined using Ward's method of cluster analysis. Three clusters were identified. The means of each cluster suggest that 45% of the sample had minimal psychological complaints, 30% presented with generalized clinical elevations, and 25% of the patients had profiles of intermediate elevations with a tendency to emphasize somatic complaints and/or depression. Gender, age of seizure onset, and seizure laterality were not found to be uniquely associated with the cluster profiles. Further examination of correlates of group membership is warranted to provide information for treatment planning.
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