Response to "A note on the MMPI as a suicide predictor."

Replies to J. R. Clopton's (see record 1979-05119-001) comments on the present author's (1977) article on the MMPI as a suicide predictor. Clopton's viewpoint that patients who attempt suicide are probably all members of the same population regardless of the success of their attempts is discussed. His concern that future research should emphasize the development of useful MMPI indices of suicidal risk and should recognize the need to cross-validate these indices is endorsed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)