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Jos I M Egger1, Arie J Wester2, Hubert R A De Mey1
11University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Acta Neuropsychiatrica
|March 18, 2016
Summary
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) revealed flat profiles in Korsakoff
Area of Science:
- Neuropsychology
- Psychiatry
- Clinical Psychology
Background:
- Exploratory study of MMPI-2 administration in 20 Korsakoff's disease patients.
- Patients admitted to a specialized Korsakoff unit in a Dutch psychiatric hospital.
Purpose of the Study:
- Compare MMPI-2 profiles of Korsakoff patients with alcohol-dependent non-Korsakoff patients.
- Investigate the utility of MMPI-2 in differentiating these conditions.
- Examine the relationship between MMPI-2 profiles and insight in Korsakoff's disease.
Main Methods:
- MMPI-2 administration to Korsakoff patients.
- Comparison of MMPI-2 basic, content, and supplementary scales with Dutch norms and a non-Korsakoff alcoholic group.
- Analysis of MMPI-2 profiles based on patient insight into their condition.
Main Results:
- Korsakoff patients exhibited an unusually flat MMPI-2 profile compared to norms and controls.
- Illness insight in Korsakoff patients correlated with MMPI-2 scale levels.
Conclusions:
- MMPI-2 shows promise for the differential diagnosis of chronic alcoholism and Korsakoff's disease.
- MMPI-2 profile characteristics may be associated with insight in Korsakoff's disease.
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