OBJECTIVES: To translate and adapt the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III) for use in Brazil, testing the changes performed in the original scale. METHOD: 538 participants answered the MCMI-III, the Goldberg General Health Assessment and a social demographical questionnaire specifically designed to this research. Then, respondents were divided into clinical and non-clinical groups, and their answers' patterns were compared considering different social demographic characteristics. RESULTS: Significant statistical differences in answer patterns were found in most scales when clinical and non clinical groups were compared. CONCLUSION: This study confirms the ability of the MCMI-III to discriminate different groups, consistent with the instrument validity based his theoretical foundations.
Psychopathology; personality disorders; evaluation
