Utility of the MMPI-2-RF in detecting non-credible somatic complaints

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 295-301

  Sellbom, Martin ^a   Wygant, Dustin ^b   Bagby, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feigning; Illness presentations; MMPI 2 RF; Somatic malingering; Somatoform disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MALINGERING; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY 2 RESTRUCTURED FORM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC PAIN; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; PATIENT SIMULATION; PATIENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 84865068453     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.12.043     Document Type: Article

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