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A Standardised Assessment of Personality Disorder in Mental Handicap

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Brian R. Ballinger  and
Andrew H. Reid
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Abstract

Forty patients with mild or moderate mental handicap were assessed by two psychiatrists using the scale devised by Mann et al, 1981 which describes abnormalities of personality. Analysis by weighted Kappa showed excellent agreement for some items (introversion, hysterical explosive, sociopathic, anankastic and affective). This questionnaire may be useful in the evaluation of personality in the mentally handicapped.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 150 , Issue 1 , January 1987 , pp. 108 - 109
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Copyright © 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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