Derived Trail Making test cutoffs and malingering among substance abusers

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1083-1096

  Horton Jr , Arthur MacNeill ^a,c   Roberts, Charles ^b  

^a Psych Associates   (United States)

^b SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Derived cutoffs; Malingering; Substance abusers; Trail making test

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRAIL MAKING TEST;

EID: 21644444870     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450590897914     Document Type: Article

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