The MMPI assistant: A microcomputer program to assist in teaching interpretation of the MMPI

摘要

The design and distribution of the MMPI Assistant is believed to partially answer several criticisms of commercially available profile interpretation programs. The Assistant is intended for research and training in the interpretation of psychiatric patient profiles only, and output from it is never to appear in a patient's chart. The program encourages the inclusion of additional information by writing to a disk file suitable for editing with a word processor, rather than directly to the printer. The rules used for each interpretive hypothesis precede that hypothesis, first on the screen and then in the output file. Certain blatant attempts to misuse the program result in termination of the program. The program is available only upon completion of a statement agreeing to abide by the author's rules for its use (professional licensure, specific training, target population). Finally, research is encouraged by making the program available to qualified persons at no charge.