Abstract
The United States Air Force Special Treatment Center was established by Presidential order in 1971 to evaluate and treat personnel identified as drug users. The patient population was unique in that subjects were from world-wide assignments and had varied histories of drug-use. Subjects were male enlisted drug abusers rather than addicts. A stratified random-selection procedure balanced two comparison groups as to racial composition. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) was used to compare a group of 85 subjects with disciplinary problems returned to the evaluation unit from the treatment unit, with a group of 85 who had no disciplinary problems and who finished the treatment program without problems. A significant difference (t test) on the F, Hs, and Pd scales of the MMPI was found, the problem subjects scoring high. Persons on these scales would be less likely to profit from treatment. The findings of the present study indicate very similar personality organizations for both samples.
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