Abstract
Seventy-five patients admitted to the psychiatric unit of a general hospital were administered a brief neuropsychological screening battery. Discharge diagnoses obtained from the medical records revealed that 20% had brainbased pathology. A discriminant function analysis resulted in a five-variable model (Symbol-Digit Modalities Test, educational level, Psychiatric-Organic subscale of the MMPI, and Shipley Vocabulary and Abstraction scores) which correctly classified 84% of the subjects, with 87% correct identification of the brain-damaged group. A jackknife cross-validation procedure resulted in comparable hit rates.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 67-74 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1 1987 |
Keywords
- brain-damage screening
- discriminant analysis
- neuropsychology
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Psychology