Assessing Substance Abusers With the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI)

The author notes that the validity of a psychological test is studied across populations and in a variety of settings and weighed against a variety of other similar measures; this implies the test might be useful with certain populations but not with others, which is the point of his work here. He begins with the epidemiology of substance abuse and an overview of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI) , then describes assessing drug abusers and alcoholics with the MCMI, noting the complexities and biases present in each methods and recommending further research. Annotation 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)