Korean J Psychosom Med.  2020 Jun;28(1):1-7. 10.22722/KJPM.2020.28.1.1.

Comparison of Clinical Characteristics among Anxiety Disorder, Depressive Disorder, and Co-morbid of Anxiety Disorder and Depressive Disorder with MMPI-2-RF

• Lee J
• Choi J
• Kim E

• KMID: 2503764
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.22722/KJPM.2020.28.1.1

Abstract

Objectives
：The purpose of this study was to explore comparison of clinical characteristics among Anxiety disorder, Depressive disorder, and Co-morbid of Anxiety disorder and Depressive disorder.
Methods
：Since January, 2017 to May, 2019, patients were recruited from the department of psychiatry of Hanyang University Guri Hospital. Participants were diagnosed Anxiety disorder, Depressive disorder, and Co-morbid of Anxiety disorder and Depressive disorder using DSM-5 criteria by board certified psychiatrists or clinical psychologists. And each of participants tested with MMPI-2 and clinical psychologists were converted MMPI-2 to MMPI-2-RF. The data were analyzed using SPSS 18.0.
Results
：The results indicated EID, RC2, HLP, SAV, and INTR-r were the highest in Co-morbid of Anxiety disorder and Depressive disorder group. And BXD, RC4, JCP, and AGGR-r were the highest in Depressive disorder group.
Conclusions
：The results indicated that Co-morbid of Anxiety disorder and Depressive disorder group were more severe internalizing dysfunction like lower positive emotion, helplessness, social avoidance and discomfort than single-diagnosed group. Single Depressive disorder group were more serious externalizing dysfunction like anger and aggression than single Anxiety disorder and Co-morbid of Anxiety disorder and Depressive disorder. The implications and limitations were discussed.

Keyword

Anxiety disorder; Depressive disorder; Co-morbid; MMPI-2-RF