Developing sensitivity to distortion: Utility of psychological tests in differentiating malingering and psychopathology in criminal defendants

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 151-177

  Heinze, Michaela C ^a  

^a Atascadero State Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Deception; Forensic; Inpatient; Malingering; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL PRESENTATION SCALE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; M TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALINGERING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY 2; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REY 15 ITEM MEMORY TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW OF REPORTED SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0142057254     PISSN: 14789949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1478994031000077961     Document Type: Article

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