Critiquing symptom validity tests for posttraumatic stress disorder: A modification of Hartman's criteria

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1542-1550

  Morel, Kenneth R ^a   Marshman, Kimberly C ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Malingering; MENT; PTSD; Response bias; Symptom Validity Test (SVT)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HARTMAN CRITERIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOM VALIDITY TEST; WORD MEMORY TEST;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALINGERING; MMPI; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 53149146727     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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