한국전 참전 외상후 자극장애 환자의 MMPI 양상

MMPI Configuration of Korean War Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

MMPI configuration of Korean W ar veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder was investigated. Subjects consisted of 31 PTSD patients who visited the department of neuropsychiatry, and 30 controls who visited the other departments of Korea Veterans Hospital from March 1，1991 to February 28, 1992. Controls had no psychiatric diagnoses. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) was administered to Korean War veterans with PT SD and controls who also had the same combat experiences. The results were as following: 1) In both of PT SD and control groups, mean T scores of all MMPI scales were within the normal range(T less than 70). 2) In each scales of PT SD and control groups, scale F, 3(H y ), 5 (Mf), 8(Sc) of the PT SD group were significantly higher than those of the control group (P <0.05).