Malingered post-traumatic stress symptoms on the Impact of Event Scale

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 165-171

  McGuire, Brian E ^a  

^a Consultant Clinical Psychologist ^*  (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SIMULATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALINGERING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

EID: 0036733302     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532502760274774     Document Type: Article

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