The Millon Clinical Inventories, Research Critical of Their Forensic Application, and Daubert Criteria

The issues raised by Rogers et al. (1999) in their analysis of forensic applications and admissibility of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Ineventory (MCMI) under the Duabert criteria are responded to. More specifically, several methodological shortcomings in their study and misleading conclusions that they render are detailed. Additionally, criticisms related to the MCMI-III as a measure of DSM-IV disorders are addressed, including concerns raised about the content validity of the MCMI-III, as well as the contention that the MCMI cannot be employed to address elements of legal standards. It is pointed out that the research compiled by Rogers et al. (1999) on the MCMI-III is incomplete, as they failed to cite the most recent edition of the MCMI-III manual, which includes an expanded valuation study by Davis, Wenger, and Guzman (1997) that was published 2 years prior to the publication of the Rogers et al. (1999) paper. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]