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Bertram J. Cohler, PhD; Justin L. Weiss, PhD; Henry U. Grunebaum, MD; Charles Lidz, MA; Lyman C. Wynne, MD, PhD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1972;26(1):71-78.

Abstract
The presence of Psychopathology among the parents and siblings of hospitalized patients was evaluated using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). Data were obtained from schizophrenic, borderline, and neurotic patients, their mothers, fathers, and siblings, as well as from matched control families. The MMPIs of each family member were scored for the standard clinical scales. Using a multivariate statistic of profile similarity, there were no differences among either the mothers, fathers, or siblings of offspring in the four diagnostic groups. While previous research has shown that these families can be differentiated on the basis of deviant communication, they cannot be differentiated on the basis of self-reports of psychiatric symptoms.

Author Affiliations
Boston; Bethesda, Md

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Feb 22, 1971.

From Harvard Medical School (Drs. Cohler, Weiss, Grunebaum, and Lidz) and the National Institute of Mental Health (Dr. Wynne). Dr. Cohler is currently at the University of Chicago and Mr. Lidz is currently at Yale University.

Reprint requests to Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School, 1365 E 60th St, Chicago 60637 (Dr. Cohler).