Mean MMPI scale scores and two-point code elevations of alcoholics consecutively admitted to a state hospital in 1959 and 1971 were compared. The 1971 admissions scored significantly higher on the MMPI scales P, K, D, Hy, Mf, and Sc than the 1959 admissions. Because differences were rather small, stability of the alcoholic symptomatology over the years was assumed.
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