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...Chicago Psychiatrist Sidney Weissman derisively calls it "the old Sears catalog" of psychological tests. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory is indeed one of the oldest, longest and most cumbersome tests in use today. Millions of people in at least 46 countries, from psychotics to normal job seekers to Soviet cosmonauts, have puzzled their way through its seemingly endless array of odd and eerie statements (samples: "Much of the time my head seems to hurt all over"; "My soul sometimes leaves my body"; "In walking, I am very careful to step over sidewalk cracks"). Now, at age 44, the archetypal test...
...MMPI, which grew out of work in the late 1930s at the University of Minnesota by Psychologist Starke Hathaway and Psychiatrist J.C. McKinley, assesses character, attitudes and behavior by the patterns of responses (true, false, cannot say) to 566 statements. Originally designed to help identify those with psychological problems, the test was widely used in clinical settings during World War II by military officials who wanted quick findings about attitudes toward authority, impulse control, drive to dominate and other potentially troubling aspects of the normal personality...
...went into the UHS walk-in mental clinic after a week of anxiety and nightmares. The psychiatrist on duty listened, then suggested encounter group therapy. He told me a group would be starting up next semester. Great, I thought, I might be on the bottom of the Charles by then...
Many figures in the entertainment industry contend that rap is no more aggressive than heavy metal, punk and other types of highly charged rock 'n' roll. Rejecting the notion that rap is inherently violent, Psychiatrist Alvin Poussaint of Harvard explains that "rap music really comes from inner-city street kids, some of whom are gang members immersed in antisocial behavior." Promoters have found that when guards are trained to spot gang colors and bar potential troublemakers, rap concerts are trouble free. Meanwhile, Run-D.M.C. is proceeding with the final week of its tour, hoping to raise a little less...
...bound to body size. "There's an equation: If I don't have a nice body, I'm not worth anything. This seems to be a pervasive attitude. Many charming, attractive young women come in thinking they're 'gross,'" says Dr. Margaret S. McKenna '70, a University Health Services psychiatrist who advises students on eating disorders...