MMPI Profiles of Disability Insurance Claimants
JOHN W. SHAFFER PH.D.1,
KURT NUSSBAUM M.D.2, , and
JOHN M. LITTLE M.P.A.3
1 Consultant in Medical Psychology, Social Security Administration Bureau of Disability Insurance, Dickinson Bldg., Rm. 2405, Baltimore, Md. 21241 and Assistant Professor of Medical Psychology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2 Chief Consultant in Psychiatry and Neurology, Medical Consultant Staff, Social Security Administration Bureau of Disability Insurance, Dickinson Bldg., Rm. 2405, Baltimore, Md. 21241 and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
3 Mathematical Statistician, Division of Disability Studies, Office of Research and Statistics, Social Security Administration Bureau of Disability Insurance, Dickinson Bldg., Rm. 2405, Baltimore, Md. 21241
MMPI profiles from a random sample of 1,064 physical (nonpsychiatric) disability insurance claimants were compared with those of 14,306 general medical patients, matched for age and sex, seen at the Mayo Clinic. In contrast with the latter, the disability insurance claimants produced mean profiles in the clinically significant range. These results confirm earlier clinical findings that between 35 and 44 percent of the physical disability sample suffered from moderate to severe psychoneuroses or personality disorders.
