Comparison of the repeatable battery for the assessment of neuropsychological status effort index and stand-alone symptom validity tests in a military sample

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 592-601

  Armistead Jehle, Patrick ^a   Hansen, Christopher L ^b  

^a Munson Army Health Center   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Military; Neuropsychology; Symptom validity testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 80855147655     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acr049     Document Type: Article

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