Publications by authors named "Michelle A Philip"

Background The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent guidelines have had a substantial effect on social norms. This likely affected self-report assessment of psychopathology, namely those that assess obsessive-compulsive tendencies routinely used to screen for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). It was hypothesized that self-report assessment of OCD likely produces inflated, non-discriminating scale scores.

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  • Pre-surgical psychological assessments are increasingly required in the U.S. before surgeries for chronic back pain, with the MMPI-3 being a focal point of evaluation.
  • A study involving 909 patients investigated the effectiveness of the MMPI-3 alongside self-reports on pain, disability, and emotional health before and after surgery.
  • The results showed that MMPI-3 scores added up to 9% more predictive power for post-surgical outcomes, with emotional/internalizing dysfunction being the most significant indicator of poorer recovery.
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