Application of the new MMPI-2 Malingered Depression scale to individuals undergoing neuropsychological evaluation: Relative lack of relationship to secondary gain and failure on validity indices

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 541-551

  Sweet, Jerry J ^a,b,c   Malina, Aaron ^a,b   Ecklund Johnson, Eric ^a,d  

^a EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ENH Research Institute   (United States)

^d Allied Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SIMULATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALINGERED DEPRESSION SCALE; MALINGERING; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOM; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33747127450     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040590967135     Document Type: Article

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