Clinical Utility of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)’S Schizophrenia (SCZ) Scale with Inpatient Serious Mental Illness (SMI) Population

The schizophrenia (SCZ) scale in the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) assesses three domains of psychotic  disorders. The present study examines the accuracy of the SCZ scale and subscales in identifying psychotic disorders. Our results suggest the PAI does not accurately differentiate between symptomology of psychotic disorders and overlapping disorders.