Symptom information- warning- coaching: How do they affect successful feigning in neuropsychological assessment?

Journal of Forensic Neuropsychology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 71-97

  Gorny, Iris ^a   Merten, Thomas ^b  

^a MEDIAN Kliniken GmbH   (Germany)

^b VIVANTES KLINIKUM IM FRIEDRICHSHAIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coaching; Forensic neuropsychological assessment; Malingering; Neuropsychological assessment; Symptom validity testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MALINGERING; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33947175558     PISSN: 15211029     EISSN: 15407136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J151v04n04_05     Document Type: Article

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