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K R Vincent

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PubMed1983

MMPI code types and DSM-III diagnoses.

Examined the relationship of the MMPI high-point codes and the diagnostic system of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual III of the American Psychiatric Association. Five psychiatrists reanalyzed the patients' records and rendered a DSM-III diagnosis. In all, 24 code types were identified from the private psychiatric clinic sample (N = 261). The resulting clusters of diagnostic classification are presented, and, additionally, a narrative summation for each code type is given.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1979

The modified WAIS: an alternative to short forms.

The Modified WAIS is an approach for shortening the total administration time of the WAIS by approximately 25%. The Modified WAIS uses the Information subtest as a criterion for raising the point at which initial questioning begins on 5 of the 11 subscales. The Modified WAIS was shown to correlate quite highly with the Standard WAIS: .999 for Verbal, Performance, and Full Scale IQ (N = 200). While the number of cases for which the Modified WAIS is applicable will vary from setting to setting depending on the number of cases that meet the criterion, the Modified WAIS appears to be a viable alternative to short forms.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1979

Parental involvement as a requisite for successful adolescent therapy.

The effect of parental involvement in the treatment program of 66 consecutive adolescent patients is analyzed. Adolescents whose parents participated regularly in a parents' group or in individual parental consultation and therapy achieved a 64% success rate, using narrow success criteria. For those adolescents whose parents were not involved in the treatment process, the failure rate was virtually 100% (chi2=21.07, p less than 0.001). There was no statistically significant difference in treatment outcome between the cohorts of parental involvement. However, a parents' group is recommended where feasible in lieu of individual parent consultation alone for reasons of catharsis, universality, mutual support, and collective experience.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1979

The relationship between stressful life events and hospitalized adolescent psychiatric patients.

The nature and magnitude of psychosocial stresses preceding adolescent hospitalization were investigated. The findings indicate that the adolescent psychiatric patients have a greater magnitude of stressful life events when compared with general hospitalized adolescents and normal adolescents. The difference is found to be largely quantitative rather than qualitative. The results of the present study utilizing a combined version of Coddington's Junior High School and Senior High School Social Readjustment Rating Questionnaires is similar to previous findings on adult populations using the Social Readjustment Rating Scale.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1978

Validity of the MMPI 168 on private clinic subpopulations.

The diagnostic efficiency of the MMPI 168 and the standard MMPI was compared on three private psychiatric subpopulations: a hospitalized adult inpatient sample, a hospitalized adolescent inpatient sample, and an outpatient sample composed of vocational rehabilitation referrals. The MMPI 168 was found to be a viable alternative to the standard Form R on all three groups by separating invalid from valid profiles, normal from abnormal profiles, and by differentiating among neurotic, psychotic, characterological, and indeterminate profiles.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1978

Capgras syndrome: case report of an adolescent and review of literature.

Case report of an adolescent with Capgras Syndrome in the absence of organic brain syndrome is presented. Four cardinal features associated with Capgras Syndrome--(1) moderate-to-severe anxiety or stress, (2) ambivalent love-hate relationships with important love objects, (3) body image distortion, and (4) rejection-abandonment phenomena--were developed vis-a-vis the developmental tasks of adolescence. The literature consisting of 75 case reports is reviewed from the standpoint of differential diagnosis especially with respect to organic brain syndromes and schizophrenia.

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