Table 18.

Contents and behaviors assessed by each scale in the MMSI-2 (scales 9–16).

Scales	Content assessed
Pva	Hearing voices of deceased beings Seeing deceased beings (ghosts) Seeing supernatural beings	Seeing strange shadows Hearing unidentified noises Hearing music of unknown origin
Pt	Feeling unexplained chills Feeling touch without anyone else present	Perceiving the presence of others who are not physically there Feeling of pressure in different parts of the body
Po	Change in the quality of odors Sensing unexplained odors	Perceiving the scent of a deceased being Perceiving smells at impossible distances
Pc	Déjà vu experiences Strange sensations in everyday places	Inability to recognize familiar places Recognizing to unfamiliar places Sudden changes in the size of body parts
Hi	Seductive behaviors Eccentric behaviors Affective conflicts	Tendency to exaggerate Fear of feeling alone
Ez	Superstitious behaviors Difficulties in socialization	Tendency to isolate Tendency toward apathy Magical thinking
Pa	Social mistrust Persecutory anxieties Irrational interpretations	Difficulties in making commitments Feelings of betrayal
Na	Self-referral ideas Difficulties in integrating criticism	Impatience Need for differentiation Search for ambitions

Note: Pva= Anomalous Visual/Auditory Phenomena; Pt= Anomalous Tactile Phenomena; Po= Anomalous Olfactory Phenomena; Pc= Anomalous Cenesthetic Phenomena; Hi= Histrionism; Ez= Schizotypy; Pa= Paranoia; Na= Narcissism.