MCMI-III AS A TREATMENT OUTCOME MEASURE FOR PSYCHIATRIC IMPATIENTS

The Million Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III) recently was introduced to replace and update the MCMI-II. A sample of 97 psychiatr ic inpatients were administered the MCMI-III shortly following admissi on. and again 7-10 days later. Changes in the personality and symptom scales generally paralleled those found in previous work with the MCMI -II. although the mean retest interval was considerably shorter than i n the earlier study. However, some differences between the two instrum ents were observed. confirming the need for ongoing cross-Validation w ork on the MCMI-III as an instrument that is distinct from the MCMI-II . (C) 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.