Symptom validity testing, effort, and neuropsychological assessment

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 632-642

  Bigler, Erin D ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Effort; Response bias; SVT; Symptom validity testing; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863697783     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617712000252     Document Type: Review

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