Assessing Personality And Psychopathology: Mmpi-2-

She leaned forward. “The test doesn’t decide if you’re fit for duty, Leo. It tells me how much weight you’re carrying. And right now, you’re carrying a collapsed building on your chest.”

Leo sat across from her now, arms crossed, jaw tight. He had agreed to the evaluation but answered every interview question with “Fine” or “I don’t know.” MMPI-2- Assessing Personality And Psychopathology

Dr. Anya Sharma had been a clinical psychologist for fifteen years, but the waiting room chair still made her nervous. Not because of the patients, but because of the power sitting in the thin manila folder on her desk. Inside was the answer printout for the MMPI-2. She leaned forward

Scale 1 (Hypochondriasis): Mildly elevated. Scale 2 (Depression): Sky-high. Almost off the chart. Scale 3 (Hysteria): Low. Scale 4 (Psychopathic Deviate): Low. Scale 5 (Masculinity/Femininity): Unremarkable. Scale 6 (Paranoia): Moderately elevated. Scale 7 (Psychasthenia): Sky-high—anxiety, obsessions, rumination. Scale 8 (Schizophrenia): Elevated. Scale 9 (Hypomania): Very low—no energy, no grandiosity. Scale 0 (Social Introversion): Extremely high. And right now, you’re carrying a collapsed building