Patient Improvement, Measured by the MMPI andPyp, Related to Paraprofessional and Professional Counselor Assignment
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of the Addictions
- Vol. 13 (3) , 503-507
- https://doi.org/10.3109/10826087809045265
Abstract
The treatment efficacy of professional and paraprofessional counselors with similar caseloads of narcotic addicts stabilized on methadone was studied. The patients assigned to a professional counselor showed a statistically significant decrease on the D [depression] and Sc [confusion] scales of the MMPI [Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory]. The patients assigned to paraprofessional counselors did not demonstrate statistically significant decreases on the scales of the MMPI. On the basis of examined patient variables, the 2 groups of patients appeared comparable in terms of demographic characteristic prior to admission and there was no bias in the assignment of patient to counselor.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Development of a “Psychopathic“ Scale for the Addiction Research Center Inventory (ARCI)International Journal of the Addictions, 1967