Detection of symptom exaggeration with the MMPI-2 in litigants with malingered neurocognitive dysfunction

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 54-68

  Larrabee, Glenn J ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LEES HALEY FAKE BAD SCALE; MALE; MALINGERED NEUROCOGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; MALINGERING; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY 2; PORTLAND DIGIT RECOGNITION TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM EXAGGERATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALINGERING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MMPI; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 0041703392     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/clin.17.1.54.15627     Document Type: Article

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