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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 132, No. 7

REGULAR ARTICLES | July 01, 1975

Personality Characteristics of Viet Nam veterans identified as heroin abusers

Am J Psychiatry 1975;132:748-749.

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The author presents data on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) characteristics of a sample of enlisted Army men returning from Viet Nam identified as heroin abusers. Although a marked heterogeneity of MMPI profile types was found, a significant percentage of the subjects showed indications of marked psychopathology, and only a minority performed within normal limits on the MMPI. Theses military subjects showed neither greater nor less psychopathology and sociopathology than previously reported samples of civilian addicts.

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