The Use of the MMPI-2 Infrequency-Psychopathology Scale in the Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Male Veterans

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-29

  Tolin, David F ^a   Maltby, Nicholas ^a   Weathers, Frank W ^b   Litz, Brett T ^c   Knight, Jeffrey ^c   Keane, Terence M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF LIVING   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fp; MMPI 2; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Symptom overreporting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPENSATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RATING SCALE; SOLDIER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0842321818     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOBA.0000007453.24885.39     Document Type: Conference Paper

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