Use of the SIRS in compensation cases: An examination of Its validity and generalizability

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-224

  Rogers, Richard ^a   Payne, Joshua W ^a   Berry, David T R ^b   Granacher Jr , Robert P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Lexington Forensic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation cases; Feigning; Malingering; SIRS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; FORGERY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; KENTUCKY; MALE; MALINGERING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 67349108875     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-008-9145-9     Document Type: Article

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