Victoria symptom validity test: Compensation-seeking vs. non-compensation-seeking patients in a general clinical setting

Journal of Forensic Neuropsychology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 5-20

  Doss, Robert C ^a   Chelune, Gordon J ^a   Naugle, Richard I ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical neu ropsychology; Memory; Nonvalid responding; Victoria Symptom Validity Test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 0033303629     PISSN: 15211029     EISSN: 15407136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J151v01n04_02     Document Type: Article

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