Performance of mentally retarded forensic patients on the test of memory malingering

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 339-344

  Simon, Michael J ^a  

^a Arkansas State Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic patients; Malingering; Mental retardation; Test of memory malingering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALINGERING; MENTAL DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; ARKANSAS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MEMORY; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34147096436     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20351     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed., Text rev.). Washington, DC: Author.
2. Ashendorf, L., Constantinou, M., & McCaffrey, R. J. (2004). The effect of depression and anxiety on the TOMM in community-dwelling older adults. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 19, 125-130.
3. Beaber, R. J., Marston, A., Michelli, J., & Mills, M. J. (1985). A brief test for measuring malingering in schizophrenic individuals. American Journal of Psychiatry, 142, 1478-1481.
4. Donders, J. (2005). Performance on the Test of Memory Malingering in a mixed pediatric sample. Child Neuropsychology, 11, 221-227.
5. Duncan, A. (2005). The impact of cognitive and psychiatric impairment of psychotic disorders on the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM). Assessment, 12, 123-129.
6. Gierok, S. D., Dickson, A. L., & Cole, J. A. (2005). Performance of forensic and non-forensic adult psychiatric inpatients on the Test of Memory Malingering. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 20, 755-760.
7. Goldberg, J. O., & Miller, H. R. (1986). Performance of psychiatric inpatients and intellectually deficient individuals on a task that assesses the validity of memory complaints. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 42, 792-795.
8. Greve, K. W., & Bianchini, K. J. (2006). Should the retention trial of the Test of Memory Malingering be optional? Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 21, 117-119.
9. Hayes, J. S., Hale, D. B., & Gouvier, W. D. (1997). Do tests predict malingering in defendants with mental retardation? Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 131, 575-576.
10. Hays, J. R., Emmons, J., & Stallings, G. (2000). Dementia and mental retardation markers on the Rey 15-item Visual Memory Test. Psychological Reports, 86, 179-182.
11. Heinze, M. C. (2003). Developing sensitivity to distortion: Utility of psychological tests in differentiating malingering and psychopathology in criminal defendants. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 14, 151-177.
12. Hurley, K. E., & Deal, W. P. (2006). Assessment instruments measuring malingering with individuals who have mental retardation: Potential problems and issues. Mental Retardation, 44, 112-119.
13. Lezak, M. (1995). Neuropsychological Assessment (3rd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
14. Rees, L. M., Tombaugh, T. N., & Boulay, L. (2001). Depression and the Test of Memory Malingering. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 16, 501-506.
15. Rey, A. (1964). L'examen clinique en psychologie [The clinical examination in Psychology]. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.
16. Rogers, R., Salekin, R. T., Sewell, K. W., Goldstein, A., & Leonard, K. (1998). A comparison of forensic and nonforensic malingerers: A prototypical analysis of explanatory models. Law and Human Behavior, 22, 353-367.
17. Simon, M. J. (1994). The use of the Rey Memory Test to assess malingering in criminal defendants. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 50, 913-917.
18. Teichner, G., & Wagner, M. T. (2004). The Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM): Normative data from cognitively intact, cognitively impaired, and elderly patients with dementia. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 19, 455-464.
19. Tombaugh, T. N. (1996). Test of Memory Malingering. Toronto: Multi-Health Systems.
20. Tombaugh, T. N. (1997). The Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM): Normative data from cognitively intact and cognitively impaired individuals. Psychological Assessment, 9, 260-268.
21. Wechsler, D. (1997). WAIS-III administration and scoring manual. San Antonio, TX: The Psychological Corporation.
22. Weinborn, M., Orr, T., Woods, S. P., Conover, E., & Feix, J. (2003). A validation of the Test of Memory Malingering in a forensic psychiatric setting. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 25, 979-990.
23. Yanez, Y. T., Fremouw, W., Tennant, J., Strunk, J., & Coker, K. (2006). Effects of severe depression on TOMM performance among disability-seeking outpatients. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 21, 161-165.