An evaluation of malingering screens with competency to stand trial patients: A known-groups comparison

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-260

  Vitacco, Michael J ^a   Rogers, Richard ^b   Gabel, Jason ^c   Munizza, Janice ^a  

^a Mendota Mental Health Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Competency to stand trial; Malingering; Screens

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL COMPETENCE; MALE; MALINGERING; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SCREENING TEST; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PRISONERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34248580845     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-006-9062-8     Document Type: Article

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