Exaggerated MMPI-2 symptom report in personal injury litigants with malingered neurocognitive deficit

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 673-686

  Larrabee, Glenn J ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

FBS; MMPI 2; MND

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MALINGERING; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RATING SCALE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

EID: 0043167791     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-6177(02)00157-9     Document Type: Article

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