MMPI profiles of depressed adolescents with and without conduct disorder
✍ Scribed by Michael J. Herkov; Wade C. Myers
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 438 KB
- Volume
- 52
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9762
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✦ Synopsis
This study examined whether adolescents with depression would produce significantly different MMPI profiles from adolescents with depression and conduct disorder. Twenty-four adolescents who met DSM-111-R criteria for major depression or dysthymia were included in the study. Nine of these 24 subjects also met DSM-111-R criteria for Conduct Disorder. Results indicated that depressed only adolescents had significantly higher elevations on scales 2 and 0 while those with depression and conduct disorder had significantly higher elevations on scales F and 9. These findings suggest that the presence of conduct disorder in depressed adolescents may lead to a veiling of their affective symptoms, thus potentially causing clinicians to underdiagnose depression in such cases.