MCMI-II PROFILES AND TYPOLOGIES FOR PATIENTS SEEN IN MARITAL-THERAPY

The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-II profiles of 145 patients i n marital therapy, seen in a private-practice outpatient setting, were subjected to a hierarchical cluster analysis. Four distinct clusters were found (MCMI-II Codetypes 58B4, 8A6B8B5, 3217, and 37). Each of th ese clusters suggested different therapeutic goals. There were some sc ale differences by gender, with women tending to score higher on the D ependent Scale. We argue that private-practice settings generate a wea lth of data which can be taken from such files and used to address emp irical questions.