Malingering and uncooperativeness in psychiatric and psychological assessment: Prevalence and effects in a German sample of claimants

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 157, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 191-200

  Stevens, Andreas ^a   Friedel, Eva ^a   Mehren, Gisela ^a   Merten, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b VIVANTES KLINIKUM IM FRIEDRICHSHAIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Effort; Malingering; Psychological testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALINGERING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; VERBAL MEMORY;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRAIN; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MALINGERING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WECHSLER SCALES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 36448974498     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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