False positive adolescent MMPI profiles.
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S Chaffin
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Aggression in adolescents: Use of the Buss-Durkee Inventory.
The Buss-Durkee Inventory (BDI) is a 75-item true-false design to measure hostility and aggression. Norms have been established for adult populations, and data are available for adult psychiatric populations. Adolescent norms have not been established, nor are data available for adolescent psychiatric populations. This study provides BDI data on 438 high school students, giving breakdown by age, sex, and race. In addition, BDI scores for 100 patients admitted consecutively to an adolescent inpatient unit are presented. Scores on the BDI were higher in the younger high school age groups. Female patients had higher scores than girls in the high school control group; male patients scored lower than their male controls. Female patients surprisingly scored higher than male patients.
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Mild traumatic brain injury in an insured population: subjective complaints and return to employment.
The great majority of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is of mild severity, with Glasgow Coma Scores (GCS) of 13-15, post-traumatic amnesia of less than 48 hours and brief, if any, hospitalization. All mild TBI admissions to hospital were provided with education in the form of a brief interview and a brochure on minor head trauma from the National Head Injury Foundation. Seventy-seven insured individuals with mild TBI were contacted by phone between 1 and 3 months post-injury to determine the frequency and severity of post-traumatic symptoms and the rate of return to work (RTW). Twenty-six per cent of those contacted had subjective complaints; 88% had returned to work or school; 16% of those returning did so with some symptoms. Only 45% of symptomatic individuals sought medical consultation for their condition when offered. Education about post-traumatic symptoms from the onset may provide sufficient reassurance to most individuals that future use of medical services is seen as unnecessary. Rate of RTW is relatively higher than reported in previous studies of mild TBI.
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