The effect of failure on cognitive and psychological symptom validity tests in litigants with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 879-895

  Demakis, George J ^a   Gervais, Roger O ^b   Rohling, Martin L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b University of South Alabama ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 50649101074     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040701564482     Document Type: Article

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