The Henry-Heilbronner Index: A 15-item empirically derived MMPI-2 subscale for identifying probable malingering in personal injury litigants and disability claimants

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 786-797

  Henry, George K ^a   Heilbronner, Robert L ^b   Mittenberg, Wiley ^c   Enders, Craig ^d  

^a Los Angeles Neuropsychology Group   (United States)

^b Medical and Forensic Neuropsychology   (United States)

^c NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAW SUIT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOMATIZATION;

ADULT; DECEPTION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 33748781443     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040500287749     Document Type: Article

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