Confused, Ticked Off, Etc.... Intro

[wdroberson]

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Edited October 9, 2011 by wdroberson

[Commander Bob]

MMPI

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Multiphasic_Personality_Inventory

jmo... I would fear that in the wrong hands at VAMC or VARO, the results of such a test could be used against a vet with PTSD. We have seen too many misdiagnosed issues connected with PTSD since PTSD first appeared in the The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) circa 1980. The MMPI found it's origins in the 1940s.

Again, I am not that familiar with the revised MMPI, and I can understand how it can weed out the fakers, however, I am trying to understand how it could single out PTSD from the rest of the many MH disorders?

Still looking for a connection. Maybe..

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10027151

[Commander Bob]

Still looking for a connection. Maybe..

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10027151

The trail has led me to...

The Keane PTSD Scale

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8827664

P.S. all this seems so dated???

Edited June 28, 2011 by Commander Bob

[Hoppy]

Psychometric testing is not always 100%. The people answering the questions can become confused by the test and the surroundings. However, the test are graded with more objective criteria than the alternative which is relying on doctors who do not even describe the questions or criteria they use to make a diagnosis.

I have read so many case studies that involve very superficial reporting by shrinks making disgnoses that I belive that psychometric testing is the only way for the field of psychiatry to have any chance of improving upon the diagnostic process. I have sucessfully obtained opinions rebutting reports written by C&P examiners who did not rely on psychometric testing and who wrote reports riddled with vague criteria and factual errors clearly exposing that they did not even read the records.

Just my somewhat educated opinion.

[Commander Bob]

Psychometric testing is not always 100%. The people answering the questions can become confused by the test and the surroundings. However, the test are graded with more objective criteria than the alternative which is relying on doctors who do not even describe the questions or criteria they use to make a diagnosis.

I have read so many case studies that involve very superficial reporting by shrinks making disgnoses that I belive that psychometric testing is the only way for the field of psychiatry to have any chance of improving upon the diagnostic process. I have sucessfully obtained opinions rebutting reports written by C&P examiners who did not rely on psychometric testing and who wrote reports riddled with vague criteria and factual errors clearly exposing that they did not even read the records.

Just my somewhat educated opinion.

Thanks for the insight, Hoppy.

C.B.

[Commander Bob]

I can't understand why the VA does not give every vet they think has an emotional problem the MMPI except they are cheap bastards. The MMPI is the Gold Standard psychological test. How can a shrink tell you have PTSD with a 15 minute exam?

Thanks, John. I now better understand what you are saying.

Good Luck, William,

Bob

Edited June 28, 2011 by Commander Bob

[wdroberson]

They need to be able to link your symptoms of re-experiencing to the stressor you listed on your stressor letter. The stressor needs to be allowed by the VA before they will schedule an initial C&P for PTSD. Get a copy of the C&P and make sure it says it was an "initial PTSD exam". Sometimes they schedule a mental health exam excluding PTSD. It will say what type of exam it was right on top of the report.

Edited October 9, 2011 by wdroberson