Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-IV
MCMI-IV
The Millon® Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-IV helps clinicians quickly identify clients who may require more intensive evaluation. MCMI®-IV reports provide an in-depth analysis of personality and symptom dynamics, and include action-oriented suggestions for therapeutic management. Guidance on using this test in your telepractice.- Publication date:
- 2015
- Age range:
- 18 and older
- Reading level:
- 5th Grade
- Scores/Interpretation:
- Adult inpatient and outpatient clinical sample
- Qualification level:
- C
- Completion time:
- 25 to 30 minutes (195 true/false items)
- Scoring options:
- Q-global™ web-based, Q Local™ Software
- Report options:
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Interpretive and Profile Reports
- Norms:
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The MCMI-IV offers updated norms that are based on a clinical adult population of 1,547 males and females with a wide variety of diagnoses.
- Telepractice:
- Guidance on using this test in your telepractice.
MCMI-IV provides helpful clinical insights into a patient's personality that allow clinicians to make reliable diagnostic and treatment decisions.
Benefits
- Identify deep, pervasive clinical issues.
- Make informed treatment decisions and plans.
- Assess disorders based on DSM-5® and ICD-10 classification systems.
- Access action-oriented suggestions for therapeutic management.
- Quickly identify clients who may require more intensive evaluation.
Features
The MCMI-IV assessment can be used in multiple settings, including clinical and counseling, medical, government, and forensic.
- New Turbulent scale provides deeper understanding of adult patients experiencing abnormal personality traits.
- New and updated test items characterizing the evolution of Dr. Millon's personality theory, refreshed to increase clarity and clinical relevance.
- New and improved narrative content that better integrates results with therapeutic practice and links to personalized treatment.
- New option to present scale scores using scale abbreviations.
- Brevity, allowing clinicians to maintain an efficient and productive clinical practice.
- Extensive normative sample for the MCMI-IV consists of a nationally representative sample of 1,547 males and females with a wide variety of diagnoses.
Scales
Master of the Mind, a Theodore Millon Memoir

Facilitating the therapeutic plans
Listen to Dr. Millon talk about designing the MCMI-IV to facilitate the therapeutic plans of the clinician.
The following resources are available for MCMI-IV.
Reports
Interpretive Report
This report provides an in-depth analysis of personality and symptom dynamics. Written with a therapeutic focus, the interpretive report provides the clinician with a foundation upon which treatment plans can readily be made and includes action-oriented suggestions for therapeutic management.
This report also provides:
- Patient's demographic information
- Graphic presentation of base rate scores for all scales
- Listing of possible DSM-5 diagnoses and the associated ICD-10 code sets
- Treatment Guide - provides short-term treatment options based on individual results
- Brief Report Summary of results - helping clinicians to begin a course of treatment right away
View a sample MCMI-IV Interpretive Report:
MCMI-IV Sample Interpretive Report - Male
MCMI-IV Sample Interpretive Report - Female
MCMI-IV Sample Annotated Interpretive Report
Profile report
The Profile Report provides base rate scores for all 28 scales in an easy-to-read graph. This report can help clinicians to quickly identify clients who may require more intensive evaluation.
View a sample MCMI-IV Profile Report:
MCMI-IV Sample Profile Report - Male
MCMI-IV Sample Profile Report - Female
The following training events are available for MCMI-IV.
