Exaggeration of neuropsychological deficit in competency to stand trial

Journal of Forensic Neuropsychology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 29-53

  Wynkoop, Timothy F ^a,b,c   Denney, Robert L ^d,e  

^a St Francis Health Care Center   (United States)

^b St Francis Health Care Center ^*  (United States)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d US Medical Center for Federal Prisoners Springfield   (United States)

^e Neuropsychological Associates of Southwest Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Competency; Evaluation; Exaggeration; Forensic; Neuropsychology; Pretrial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COURT; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALE; MALINGERING; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 0033404725     PISSN: 15211029     EISSN: 15407136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J151v01n02_04     Document Type: Article

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