The detection of feigned uncoached and coached posttraumatic stress disorder with the MMPI-2 in a sample of workplace accident victims

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 472-484

  Bury, Alison S ^a   Bagby, R Michael ^b,c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FAMILY OF F SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY 2; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036899845     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.14.4.472     Document Type: Article

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