MMPI responses of a group of suicidal and nonsuicidal Ss were investigated for differences holding diagnosis, education, occupation, marital status, age, and number of VA hospital admissions constant in both groups. A significant number of items differentiated suicidal from nonsuicidal Ss. This number was three times the number of items which differentiated the two groups when no controls were used. The implications of these findings were discussed.
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