Psychopathology and the Validity of Gastrointestinal Symptom Reporting as Revealed Through Cluster Analyses of MMPI-2-RF Results

Results provide further evidence of the interaction of the gut-brain axis and its relationship to serious mental health conditions. It also points to the need to assess the veracity of self-reported symptomatology that may be both pathognomonic for psychopathology but might also be a consequence of gut dysbiosis. Clustering assisted these investigations by defining distinct sub-cohorts based on participant MMPI-2-RF responses.