Detecting exaggeration and malingering with the trail making test

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 398-406

  Iverson, Grant L ^a   Lange, Rael T ^a   Green, Paul ^b   Franzen, Michael D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Independent Practice   (Canada)

^c ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXAGGERATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; MALINGERING; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAUMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TRAIL MAKING TEST;

EID: 0036706086     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/clin.16.3.398.13861     Document Type: Article

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