The detection of malingered posttraumatic stress disorder with MMPI-2 fake bad indices

Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 221-236

  Elhai, Jon D ^a   Gold, Steven N ^b   Sellers, Alfred H ^c   Dorfman, William I ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Malingering; MMPI 2; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0035378628     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107319110100800210     Document Type: Article

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