The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory MMPI
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory MMPI is one of the best-known personality assessments in psychological literature, developed by clinical psychologist Starke Hathaway and neuropsychiatrist J. C. McKinley at the University of Minnesota.
Current standards for adults use the MMPI-2, introduced in 1989, while adolescents 14-18 can take the MMPI-A, created using 10 clinical scales to produce a profile.
MMPI-2
The MMPI is one of the most widely used personality tests in the US, consisting of true-false questions administered and interpreted by mental health professionals. This test is used primarily to diagnose mental illnesses like schizophrenia and depression; additionally it can help assess whether someone is malingering their symptoms by providing reliable diagnostic evidence.