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ABSTRACT: In this study, 242 randomly selected male offenders who were receiving psychiatric treatment in prison were administered psychological and neuropsychological evaluations and were followed during their treatment in a prison psychiatric hospital. Offenders who harmed themselves in treatment were compared to those who did not harm themselves. Eighteen percent of offenders harmed themselves, the severity of which required medical intervention. Young age, drug abuse, absence of Axis I mental disorder but presence of Axis II borderline personality disorder identified offenders who harmed themselves. Psychopathy checklist‐revised (PCL‐R) total rating ≥30 and PCL‐R Factor 2 (antisocial lifestyle) rating also identified offenders who harmed themselves. Additionally, offenders who harmed themselves also were 8.36 times more likely than their cohorts to harm treatment staff. Theoretical understanding of offenders who harm themselves, the importance of considering the environmental context in identifying risk factors for self‐harm, and implications for treatment are suggested. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Evaluates prison assault histories and assaults while in prison psychiatric treatment for 222 randomly selected male inmates. Association of Youth Authority placement, inhalant use, antisocial lifestyle, neurological injury, neuropsychological impairment and higher Psychopathy Checklist-Revised Factor II ratings, with assault in prison psychiatric treatment; Factors importance in the identification of risk for violence.

Demonstrates the way in which personality test data can be plotted with a multivariate method known as Partial Least Squares of Latent Structures (PLS). Basic methodology behind PLS modeling; Comparative performance of PLS with other methods; Applicability of the PLS modeling for extracting clinically relevant information from complex personality test data matrixes.

This article focuses on the application of standard Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) criteria to a rural, isolated African American sample. These racial differences in MMPI performances are associated with a different pattern of interests, values and expectations, and hypothesized that the greater the separation between the races, the greater the differences on MMPI scales. Several psychologists proposed that separate norms be developed for scoring MMPIs obtained from African Americans to help prevent misinterpretation of such profiles and published a large sample as a start in that direction. Since African Americans usually obtain higher clinical scale scores than whites, they would more often be labeled sick unless one took their typically different performance into account.