The Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI: Morey, 1991) is an instrument designed for use in a wide range of clinical settings. The PAI consists of four sets of scales: four validity scales, eleven clinical scales covering major categories of pathology corresponding to current nosology, five treatment scales measuring constructs related to treatment and case management, and two interpersonal scales. This program will also include an illustration of PAI-Plus software features. The workshop is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the use of the PAI. Those with limited knowledge/experience with the PAI will be brought up to speed with a fast but comprehensive introduction. The goal of this workshop is to give users of the PAI the knowledge and skills necessary to use this instrument with confidence and accuracy.
Workshop Content
I. Introduction
II. PAI scales and their interpretation
A. Validity scales (brief)
B. Clinical scales and subscales
C. Treatment consideration scales
D. Interpersonal scales
III. Detecting and Interpreting Profile Distortion
A. Nonsystematic sources of distortion
B. Systematic sources of distortion
1. Positive distortion
2. Negative distortion
C. Case examples
IV. Diagnosis and Clinical decision-making
A. Supplemental indicators: suicidality, violence, treatment decision-making
B. Diagnostic constellations in PAI interpretation
C. Case Examples
Illustration of PAI-Plus software features
Workshop Objectives
List the validity scales used in the PAI
Identify the clinical scales and sub-scales in the PAI
Discuss the importance and meaning of distortion in the PAI
Identify how the PAI assists in providing a diagnosis and clinical decision making
Describe the importance of the supplemental indicators
List at least three diagnostic constellations in PAI interpretation
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Presented by
Leslie Morey, Ph.D
 Dr. Leslie C. Morey is Professor of Psychology at Texas A&M University. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Florida, and has served on the faculty at Vanderbilt University, Harvard Medical School, the Yale University School of Medicine, and the University of Tulsa. He has published over 300 articles, books, and chapters on the assessment and diagnosis of mental disorders, and his work has been cited in the scientific literature over 30,000 times. He is the author of the Personality Assessment Inventory (1991), Personality Assessment Screener (1997), the Personality Assessment Inventory-Adolescent (2007), the Interpretive Guide to the Personality Assessment Inventory (1996), and Essentials of PAI Assessment (2003).
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