I am looking for someone 2 assist me (or direct me to a text) w/more sophisticated interpretations for MMPI-2.

Question

I have heard that sometimes people who score high in areas like schophrenia can in fact be very artistic and/or metaphysical and I'm also interested in discussion of how a subject who has had significant psychotherapy might be more adjusted, either having overcome difficulties or learning to manage them so that the MMPI-2 interpretation might not accurately reflect a persons level of functioning. An example might be someone who is successfully managing OCD. All the MMPI-2 test results I've seen clearly caution that it's important to look at a person's history and functioning to determine the significance of test schores that are <> the average testee, but I need substaintiation to present the alternative explaination. Ideally, if someone can point me to a book, website, a professional journal or even a research center or university that has some documentation or research on this issue.

Answer 1

I bought a book at a used book store called MMPI second edition by John R Graham. Looks pretty decent but I haven't used it yet. But remember a test is just a test. You know yourself best.

Answer 2

This is the best book I've found on the topic of MMPI-II in custody cases:

The Mmpi, Mmpi-2 & Mmpi-A in Court
Authors: Kenneth S. Pope, James N. Butcher, Joyce Seelen
Release: 1993-06
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Format: Hardcover 400 pages
ISBN: 1557981825 EAN: 9781557981820
List Price: $59.95
Edition: 1st ed


The Graham book is excellent if all you want is to understand the test. I think they are up to the Fourth edition, though.

Answer 3

There are many different ways to interpret MMPI-II tests. If you don't have experience with scoring it and integrating it into a full psychological report, find someone who can do this for you. You need more then just this test alone to arrive at a possible clinical diagnosis. Don't lie on it (or if your administering it to someone else tell them this, the test will show if someone is lying).The text book I have is Handbook of Psychological Assessment, 4th ed. Gary Groth-Marnat is the author. ISBN is 0-471-41979-6
Good luck,
Doc