Malingering intellectual disability: The value of available measures and methods

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-113

  Salekin, Karen L ^a   Doane, Bridget M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atkins; Death penalty; Intellectual disability; Malingering; Mental retardation; Psychological assessment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CRIME; EMPIRICISM; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALINGERING; MEMORY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PATIENT; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALINGERING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; MMPI; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 67650483039     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09084280902864485     Document Type: Review

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