Meta-analysis of the Morel Emotional Numbing Test for PTSD: Comment on Singh, Avasthi, and Grover

German Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 128-131

  Morel, Kenneth R ^a   Shepherd, Bryan E ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Malingering; MENT; Meta analysis; PTSD; Response bias

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MALINGERING; MOREL EMOTIONAL NUMBING TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 56849111375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14331055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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