Psycholegal implications of malingered head trauma

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-83

  Price, J Randall ^a   Stevens, Kay B ^b  

^a University of Kentucky ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Head trauma; Malingering; Symptom exaggeration

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844536921     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324826an0401_10     Document Type: Article

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